Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

In Context

11And he said: A certain man had two sons.

13And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country, and there wasted his substance in riotous living.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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