The elder son becomes angry when he learns of his younger brother returning and the celebration for his return. Simon Peter answers Christ and tells Him, "Thou art the Christ." Christ leading a group of children and their parents after telling His Apostles, “Suffer little children to come unto me.”

What is the attitude of the older brother in prodigal son?

The older brother resolved that he would work all day everyday, earning his keep instead of demanding it like his younger brother. That might not have been such a bad idea, except that the older brother lost sight of why he was working, lost sight of why he was home with his father.

What happened to the older son in The Prodigal Son story?

The father tells the older son: "you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours, but thy younger brother was lost and now he is found." The Prodigal Son is the third and final parable of a cycle on redemption, following the parable of the Lost Sheep and the parable of the Lost Coin.