Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11He said also, A certain man had two sons.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.
Luke 15:30But as soon as 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 →