Luke 15:12

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of [thy] substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

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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 took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:16then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

Psalms 17:14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Luke 15:30but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst 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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