0 a man or boy who has left his family in order to do something that the family disapprove of and has now returned home feeling sorry for what he has done: --
He would have welcomed him like the father welcomed the prodigal son, with a fatted calf and all the rest of it.
He cited the parable of the prodigal son, but he seemed to get it on its head.
He reminds me of a prodigal son who swears to live within his allowance and never resort to moneylenders.
I have sometimes wished that we could hear the end of the story about the prodigal son.
We have been through liquid capital to the prodigal son.
It seems to me that we are, on the whole, emulating the generous attitude of the father in the parable of the prodigal son.
This is not the return of the prodigal son.
Is there not a problem with this policy in regarding development status as a reward to the prodigal son?
