Jesus' Parable Of The Prodigal Son

Today'story is about Jesus' Parable Of The Prodigal Son. The prodigal son story is well-known and loved by children everywhere.

We hope that the prodigal son for kids will bring this story and its message alive as you read.

Prodigal meaning

A prodigal is a person who spends money or using resources freely and recklessly.

The prodigal son story

Jesus told this story when the religious leaders grumbled that he was friendly with sinners. In response, Jesus said:

A man had two sons and they both worked together on their father’s land. Someday the two sons would inherit all their father’s possessions.

One day the youngest son said,

‘Father give me the money I will inherit when you die. I want to see the world and have a good time, now."

The father gave the youngest son his share of the inheritance money, praying that his son would spend it wisely and live a good life.

But the son had wild parties to impress his new friends. Everyone wanted to be his best friend because he paid for everything.

Soon the money had all gone. When the landlord came to get the rent money he couldn’t pay. His new friends disappeared and now he was homeless.

There was a famine in the land and the young son was all alone and hungry. A farmer gave him a job looking after his pigs and he wanted to eat the pig food.

8 ‘My father feeds his servants well,’ he thought. ‘I will go home and be his servant.’ His father saw him in the distance and was overjoyed. He ran to meet his lost son.

What is the main message of the prodigal son?

In the story, God is the father and the prodigal son is a sinner. The story tells us that sometimes people wander away from their Heavenly Father and go to Satan's land to live.

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While they are in Satan's country, they waste the good things God gave them. They do all kinds of things that they should not do. These things make the Heavenly Father unhappy.

However, Satan and the people in his land do not love them. Soon all of the money will be gone, and nothing will be left.

Like the Prodigal Son, that is the time to return to God the Heavenly Father. The Prodigal Son said that he would confess his errors and ask for forgiveness.

As we see in the story, his father was looking out for him. In the same way, our Heavenly Father is waiting to

restore children who left home for satan's kingdom.

Prodigal son bible verses -

Luke 15: 1 - 3 and 11 - 24

Luk 15:1

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

Luk 15:3

So he told them this parable:

Luk 15:11

And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.

Luk 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.

Luk 15:13

Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

Luk 15:14

And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.

Luk 15:15

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Luk 15:16

And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

Luk 15:17

“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

Luk 15:18

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

Luk 15:19

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’

Luk 15:20

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Luk 15:21

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Luk 15:22

But the father said to his servants,[fn] ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

Luk 15:23

And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.

Luk 15:24

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.