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A child that doesn't display the moral, societal and religious attributes of its parent's culture.

Answer:According to Strong's Lexicon, the word "prodigal" (found in some translations of Luke 15:13) is translated from the Greek word asotos, which means "dissolutely, profligately." As those words are relatively unfamiliar, here are their modern dictionary definitions:

Dissolute - indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

Profligate - utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute; recklessly extravagant.

"Prodigal" is also rendered as "riotous" in the KJV and "wild" in the NIV. Though Jesus' parable involved the relationship between a wayward son and his father, prodigal behavior shows indifference to any moral standards, and the application of the word is not necessarily unique to a parent/child relationship.

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The characters in the parable of the prodigal son are the younger son who squanders his inheritance, the older son who remains faithful to his father, and the forgiving father who welcomes back his younger son with open arms.

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The father in the parable represents God. The youngest (the prodigal) son represents Israel and the oldest son represents the Pharisees and the scribes.

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There is a father, and two sons. The father in the parable represents God. The youngest son represents Israel and the oldest son represents the Pharisees and the scribes.

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