Luke 15:12 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:12

The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

6 voices

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(Esai. 3, 23.) Besides, it belongs more to the character of the aged to have an old man's mind and gravity, than his hoar hairs, nor is he blamed who is young in age, but it is the young in habits who lives according to his passions.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke (397)

You see that the divine inheritance is given to those who ask. You should not think that the Father was guilty because he gave to the younger son. There is no frail age in the kingdom of God nor is faith weighed down by years. He who made the request surely judged himself worthy. If only he had not departed from his Father, he would not have known the hindrance of age.

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Luke carries the occasion of this parable still farther back, as having arisen from the murmurings of the Pharisees and scribes against our Lord, whom they saw conversing daily with sinners.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here is the original of the apostasy of sinners from God; they will not be tied up to the rules of God's government; they will themselves be as gods, knowing no other good and evil than what themselves please. [2.] He was willing to get from under his father's eye, for that was always a check upon him, and often gave a check to him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are sometimes ranked with harlots ( Matt. xxi. 32 ); here and elsewhere with sinners, such as were openly vicious, that traded with harlots, known rakes. Some think that the sinners here meant were heathen, and that Christ was now on the other side Jordan, or in Galilee of the Gentiles.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Give me the portion of goods - It may seem strange that such a demand should be made, and that the parent should have acceded to it, when he knew that it was to minister to his debauches that his profligate son made the demand here specified.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
νεώτερος	neōteros	younger	G3501 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
πατρί·	patri	father;	G3962 →
πάτερ,	pater	Father,	G3962 →
δός	dos	do give	G1325 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
τὸ	to	what	G3588 →
ἐπιβάλλον	epiballon	is due [to me]	G1911 →
μέρος	meros	portion	G3313 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
οὐσίας.	ousias	property.	G3776 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
διεῖλεν	dieilen	he divided	G1244 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	between them	G846 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
βίον.	bion	property.	G979 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 12:44
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:2–3
  In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- 1 John 3:17
  If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
- Mark 14:8
  She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
- Luke 21:2–4
  and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
- Ezra 2:68–69
  When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
Through
Psalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they…
leads to
- Job 22:18
  But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- John 17:14
  I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- John 8:23
  Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.