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There's also a deeper cultural aspect that was clear to Jesus' listeners but not so much today that makes the parable even more profound.I never really bothered learning what prodigal meant, I honestly thought it just meant someone who fucked off because they were tired of their father's god bothering, but Jack is literally insulting Garret.
Real fuckin' nice, fatty.
When the prodigal son asks for his inheritance from his father, he's basically telling him he wishes he was dead and is treating him as such by demanding his inheritance while his father is still alive. That was a really serious insult to say the least.
It's only a step below cursing him which carried the death penalty under Mosaic Law (although the death penalty was exceptionally rare in Second Temple Judaism and even before due to the high standard of evidence and witnesses).