Luke 15:12

“The younger one told his father, ‘Father, give me my inheritance now.’ So the man divided his 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

11Once there was a man who had two sons,” Jesus explained.

13A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:16when the time comes for the man to decide what each son will inherit from him, he must not prefer the son of the wife he loves and treat him as the firstborn instead of the son of the wife he doesn't love.

Psalms 17:14Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!

Luke 15:30Now this son of yours comes back, having spent your money on prostitutes, and you kill the fattened 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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