Jesus asked a question, and immediately we see that it is rhetorical

He wasn’t looking for an answer – he was making a point
- when we went through the previous parable, we learned,
• when Jesus began a question with, "Who among you?"
◦ the answer is already known and always negative
◦ “None of us would act this way” or “No one would do such a thing”
- Jesus poses this question in a story-like setting
• there’s a father and there’s his son
◦ Jesus invites his listeners into this story world
• in fact, he tells them to identify with one character: the father
◦ as soon as he tells the story, his question answers itself