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How many sons did the father in the story have?
Two sons
Did the younger son or the older son ask for his inheritance early?
The younger son.
Where did the son move to?
C. A distant country
When the son returned, his father gave him shoes, a robe, and what other item?
A ring
What type of animal did the son get a job feeding once he ran out of money?
Pigs
Was it the 1st son (the oldest) or the 2nd son
(the youngest) that left his home?
The second son.
Who was upset about the younger son being celebrated when he returned?
The oldest son.
Where was the oldest son during his brother's time away?
C. Helping his father tend to their family property in the fields.
What type of disaster did the son encounter after he left his family and wasted all his money?
A severe famine
What type of animal did the father want to cook for the celebration feast for his son's return?
A fattened calf
What chapter of Luke is the parable of The Prodigal Son found?
Chapter 15
Luke 15: 20 states when the Lost Son decided to return home, his father saw him while he was still a long way off. How did the father react?
A. He was filled with compassion, ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
When the prodigal son is broke and at his lowest, where does he decide to do?
C. Return to his father's to beg to be his hired servant.
After the Lost Son spent everything he had on wild living, a severe famine took place. What did he do to survive?
C. Got a job feeding pigs
What animal did the older brother say he hadn't even been celebrated with while he was complaining to his father?
A young goat
When the son asked for his inheritance, what was he asking for?
His share of all his father's possessions.
Who does the father in the story represent?
Who is God?
Upon the son's return, where was the lost son when his father did see him?
B. He was still a long way off
The father chose to put a ring on his son's finger and sandals on his feet. Then he ordered the fattened calf be killed so everyone could have a feast. According to Scripture, in Luke 15:24, what was the father's reason for having a feast?
B. "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."
When the son resulted in tending to the pigs, why was it so degrading to him?
A. Because, in the Jewish culture, pigs were “unclean” animals, so it would have been like hitting rock bottom.
Towards the end of the parable, when the father is explaining to the older son why they should celebrate, he says that he is always with him and...
A. Everything the father has is his.
Verses 28-30 in Luke 15 tell of the older brother being upset with the lavish treatment his father was giving to the Lost Son. Why was he angry?
What is "he had served his father faithfully for years and he wasn't even given a young goat to celebrate with his friends?"
At the celebration when the son returns, does his brother go in and join the party?
No, he refuses to go in.
Luke 15: 25 states the older son was in the field and wasn't aware his brother had returned. When he came near the house, what did he hear?
C. Music and dancing
What was so important about a giving the son a fattened calf?
B. A fattened calf was always prepared for an extravagant celebration.