divide this parable into two parables because of the section about the brother of the prodigal whose behavior upon the return of the prodigal was very unsavory. 1. The Demand of the Son (Luke 15:11,12) “A certain man had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living” (Luke 15:11,12). The parable begins with the unsavory demand of the youngest of the two sons of a man of means. • The person making