Luke 15:12

"The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your property which is coming to me.’ So he divided his means among them.

Montgomery New Testament

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. "There was a man who had two sons.

13"Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30"‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with harlots, you have killed 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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