Luke 15:12

And the younger one said to the father, ‘Father, give me the appropriate share of the estate.’ So he divided the property between them.

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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

11Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.

13Not many days later the younger son, having converted it all, journeyed to a distant country; and there he squandered his wealth living dissolutely.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’

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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