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Why did the religious leaders criticize Jesus?

They saw Jesus talking to tax collectors and sinners as his friends.

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What did the younger son demand from his father?

He wanted his inheritance right away.

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What did the younger son do with his inheritance?

He wasted it in sinful living.

35-05

What happened in the land where the younger son went to live?

There was a severe famine.

What did the younger son do to survive during the famine?

He took a job feeding pigs.

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Why did the younger son decide to return home?

He realized that father’s servants had plenty to eat, and yet he was starving.

What was the younger son planning to ask his father?

He was going to ask his father to let him be one of his servants.

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What did the father do when he saw the younger son approaching?

He felt compassion for him, ran to him, hugged him, and kissed him.

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What did the younger son say to his father when they met?

He said, “Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I am not worthy to be your son.”

35-09

How did the father respond to the younger son’s confession?

He put clothes, a ring, and sandals on the younger son and had a feast to celebrate his return.

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How did the older son react when he learned that his brother had come home?

He was very angry and refused to go into the house.

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What was the older son’s complaint to his father?

The older son said he had worked faithfully for his father, and his father did not give him even a small goat to celebrate. But he killed the best calf for his son who had consumed his father's money.

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How much of the father’s possessions now belonged to the older son?

Everything the father had now belonged to the older son.

What reason did the father give for celebrating the return of his younger son?

His son had been dead, but now was alive. He had been lost, but now was found.