I’ve seen the term “prodigal son” used in other ways before, but it’s pretty much always “the prodigal son returns”. I’ve tried to Google it before and that has only confused me more honestly.
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It’s a parable in the Bible to teach a lesson. A wealthy man had two sons. When they came of age, one son insisted that the father sell half their farm to give him his inheritance while he was young.
The father tried to reason with him, but he insisted that this is what he wanted, so the father did that.
That son went to the big city, where he tried to invest the money, while he was also drinking and gambling, while partying with any women.
The other son stayed on the farm and helped the father with the crops.
The first son became broke, and was living in the street with no job and no food. One cold night he reasoned it would be better to live in his father’s barn and eat with the pigs, so he returns home to beg his fathers forgiveness.
When the father sees him he is overjoyed and sets him at their table and brings a good meal to him.
Later the son who stayed was unhappy, and the father asked him why. He said that he stayed and helped eith the farm, but the father is celebrating the son who wasted his inheritance.
The father said that the prodigal son was lost and feared dead, but he has returned to the safety of the family.
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