prodigal son

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prodigal son, in the New Testament, parable of Jesus about heaven and the sinner who repents. A young man leaves home and becomes a wastrel; repentant, he returns to be received with joyful welcome.

prodigal son

squanders share of money in reckless living. [N.T.: Luke 15:13]

See : Dissipation

prodigal son

received with open arms by loving father. [N.T.: Luke 15:20–21]

See : Forgiveness

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No references found			Have you never thought of marrying your prodigal son Anatole? War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Maggie actually forgot that she had any special cause of sadness this morning, as she stood on a chair to look at a remarkable series of pictures representing the Prodigal Son in the costume of Sir Charles Grandison, except that, as might have been expected from his defective moral character, he had not, like that accomplished hero, the taste and strength of mind to dispense with a wig. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context Leaving the ground with the air of a father mourning over some prodigal son, he encountered Mr Jacob Dodson, of Manchester. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context			proctosigmoidectomy Proctotrupidae Proctotrupoidea Proculus procumbent Procurator procurator fiscal Procurator's Office Procurator's Office of the USSR Procurator-General Procurator-General of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics procurement procurement lead time Procyon Procyonidae prod prod cast prod mark Prodamet Prodanovic, Jaša Prodanovic, Jasa prodelta prodelta clay Prodi Prodi, Romano prodigal son prodigal son and his father Prodigy prodigy house Prodinoceratinae ProDoc prodomos ProDOS Prodromal Period prodrome Prodromus, Theodorus prodrug Producer producer gas producer goods producer's risk Producers Producers Cooperative producing gas-oil ratio producing horizon producing reserves Producing Suite product product bundle product data product demodulator			PRODEOCSA PRODEP PRODEP PRODEP prodere PRODERNEA Prodesarrollo del Occidente de La Sabana PRODESP PRODESSA prodesse PRODEV PRODEVCEN PRODEX Prodi Prodi Prodi, Romano Prodiem Prodiem Prodiem Prodiem PlainW Prodiem PlainW prodigal prodigal prodigal prodigal prodigal Prodigal Daughter Prodigal Daughter prodigal daughters prodigal daughters prodigal son prodigal son and his father Prodigal Sons Prodigal Sons Prodigal Wings Aviation prodigalities prodigalities prodigality prodigality Prodigalize Prodigalize prodigally prodigally prodigals prodigals Prodigate Prodigence prodigies prodigies prodigies prodigies Prodigies of Peace prodigiosity prodigious prodigious prodigious prodigious Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth prodigiously prodigiously prodigiousness

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