Luke 12:13

And one from amongst the multitude said unto him—Teacher! bid my brother divide with me the inheritance.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

In Context

12For, the Holy Spirit, shall teach you, in that very hour, what ye ought to say.

14But, he, said unto him—Man! who hath appointed me a judge or divider over you?

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Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31That they may come unto thee as people do come And may sit before thee as my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,— though fond with their mouths, they seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart is going.

Acts 8:18But Simon, seeing that, through means of the laying on of the hands of the Apostles, the Spirit was being given, offered unto them money,

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13

Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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