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Although the story is traditionally referred to as "The Prodigal Son", this title is not found in the gospel, and many commentators have argued that it would be better called "The Lost Son", showing its parallels to the parables of the "Lost Sheep" and "Lost Coin" which immediately precede it in Luke 15. (source)prodigal son = Christian parable of a son who is forgiven when he returns home after long absence and squandering of his inheritance
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The prodigal son returns.prodigal son = long absent
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They've never seen a fallen tithe before, much less one who, like the prodigal son, has renounced his sins and returned to the fold.† (source)
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"I see you let the prodigal son in, sir," Coleman said.† (source)
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My old friend Stucks Buckley, who had taken to calling me a prodigal son despite not knowing how to pronounce the word, or what its meaning was.† (source)
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Your prodigal son has returned.† (source)
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Tranny gets the full Prodigal Son welcome: crying, hysterical fat ladies, a swarm of little kids piling out of their hammocks, sucking their thumbs and jumping up and down.† (source)
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It may not be a grand feast by traditional standards, but it is a feast, as called for upon the return of the Prodigal Son, even if the son turns out to be a daughter.† (source)
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After that it was a cafeteria-style dinner, quiet time for personal devotions, and lights out at 10:00 p.m. That first week at Teen Challenge, Adam heard the parable of the prodigal son.† (source)
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Thankfully, our second prodigal son was coming home.† (source)
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I felt like the Prodigal Son.† (source)
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"The prodigal son," Nora said contentedly, and she smiled across the table at Petey.† (source)
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D'Courtney stepped toward Reich, smiling, his arms outstretched as though welcoming a prodigal son.† (source)
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Don't be afraid, you prodigal son, I won't make a scandal.† (source)
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Well, mama, since I last wrote you things have been coming my way and it now looks as if the "Prodigal Son" will come home some day in his own private car.† (source)
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The wicked wolf that for a half a day had paralyzed London and set all the children in town shivering in their shoes, was there in a sort of penitent mood, and was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son.† (source)
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