The Inheritance & The Leave
Legally, the younger son requested this share of his father’s property before leaving home.
What is one-third? (The eldest traditionally received a double portion, or two-thirds).
Feeding pigs was a uniquely degrading job for the son because these Jewish dietary laws declared swine unclean.
What are the Kosher laws (or Levitical laws)?
The father first spotted his returning son while the boy was still at this physical distance.
What is "a long way off"?
The father ordered the servants to bring out this specific piece of clothing, calling it the "best" one.
What is a robe?
The older brother first realized something was happening when he heard music and this other activity coming from the house.
What is dancing?
After getting his cash, the younger son packed up and traveled to this type of vague geographic destination.
What is a distant/far country?
While sitting with the swine, the son realized that even these lowly employees of his father ate better than he did.
What are hired servants (or hired hands)?
Breaking ancient cultural norms for older, wealthy men, the father did this physical action to meet his son.
What is ran?
Placed on the son's finger, this item symbolized authority and family belonging.
What is a ring?
When the older brother found out about the party, he reacted with this specific emotion and refused to enter.
What is anger?
Luke 15 states that the younger son squandered his wealth with this two-word type of lifestyle.
What is "wild living" (or "riotous living")?
This four-word phrase describes the exact moment the son snapped out of his despair and decided to change his life.
What is "he came to himself" (or "came to his senses")?
This emotion is explicitly noted as the driving force behind the father running to his son.
What is compassion (or pity)?
These were placed on the son's bare feet, a luxury usually denied to standard household servants.
What are sandals (or shoes)?
The older brother complained that despite years of loyal service, he was never given even this small animal to celebrate with friends.
What is a young goat (or kid)?
This environmental disaster struck the country right after the younger son ran completely out of money.
Response: What is a severe famine?
The son rehearsed a speech, planning to tell his father he was no longer worthy to be called this.
What is his son?
The father cut off his son's rehearsed apology speech before the son could ask for this specific job title.
What is a hired servant?
This specific livestock animal was slaughtered to provide the meat for the grand homecoming feast.
What is the fatted calf?
The older brother bitterly referred to his sibling not as "my brother," but by this cold phrase when talking to his father.
What is "this son of yours"?
This is the specific item the starving son longed to eat while working his desperate new job.
What are the pods fed to the pigs?
Instead of expecting a free ride, the son planned to ask his father to let him work as one of these.
What is a hired servant?
This is the bodily action the father performed immediately upon reaching his son, before a single word was spoken.
What is threw his arms around his neck (or hugged and kissed him)?
In the father's celebratory speech, he proclaimed that his son was dead but is now alive, and was this but is now found.
What is lost?
The father comforted his oldest son by reminding him of this reality regarding the family estate.
What is "everything I have is yours"?