• The provisions meted out for the demand. The father granted the younger son’s demand. Sometimes God lets us have our willful way in order to better teach us important lessons. First, the properness in the provisions. “He divided unto them his living” (Luke 15:12). The words “to them” says the father not only gave the younger son his portion of the inheritance, but he also gave the elder son his portion at the same time. This was only proper. Second, the parts in the provisions. In Jewish practice