The Father Who Runs: Reading the Parable of the Prodigal Son
A slow reading of Luke 15:11–32, attending to the father as much as to his two sons.
By Saul
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Two sons, one father
The parable in Luke 15:11–32 is usually named for the younger son, yet the story begins and ends with the father. This demonstration paragraph stands in for an essay that would trace how the father’s actions frame everything the sons do.
The elder brother
A full essay might turn to the elder son, whose complaint the parable leaves unresolved. Placeholder text like this shows how subheadings, paragraphs, and spacing work together across a long reading column.
Image: Rembrandt van Rijn, The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668. Public domain.
