Luke 15:12

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 afterward the younger son gathering all together, departed into a far-off country; and there wasted his substance living riotously.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30but when this thy son, the one devouring thy living with harlots came, thou hast slain 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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