Here is another reading :shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach11–32 The parable of the Prodigal Son who leaves his loving father with his fortune,
squanders it and then returns home in repentance is so widely referred to that those
unfamiliar with the New Testament are often surprised to learn that the story originates
here. Some say its only point is that the love of the father (i.e., God) is so
all-embracing that he joyfully welcomes anyone who turns to him from sin.
Certainly the parable shares this theme with the previous two.But in vv. 25–32 we see the “older son,” who considers himself righteous but rejects
his father’s generosity by resenting the reason for which it is offered. Some take the
older son to be “the Jews” and the younger “the Gentiles,” but context makes it more
reasonable to think of the older son as anyone who supposes God owes him something,
and the younger as anyone who knows he has sinned and therefore throws himself on
God’s mercy, accepting Yeshua as his only hope for salvation and forgiveness.Stern, D. H. (1996, c1992). Jewish New Testament Commentary :
A companion volume to the Jewish New Testament (electronic ed.)
(Lk 15:11). Clarksville: Jewish New Testament Publications.
Jeremiah 31:31 [ A New Covenant ] “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—[NKJV]
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