Luke 15:12 - Plain English Version

¹² One day, his youngest son said to him, ‘Dad, I want you to give me my part of all the things you own. I can’t wait until after you die to get it. No, I want it all now.’ So his father split up everything he had and gave one part to his youngest son, and he kept the other part for his oldest son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them. [Deut. 21:15-17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ Then the father divided his estate between them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And the younger of them said to the father, 'Father, give me the portion of your estate which would go to me.' And he divided the estate between them.

Luke 15:12 Cross References

Luke 15:11

Then Jesus told the people another picture story. He said, “There was a man that had 2 sons.

Luke 15:13

A few days later, that youngest son sold all those things that his father gave him, then he took the money and went away to another country, far away. In that country he soon spent all that money. He just wasted it on all sorts of things that made him feel good.

Luke 15:30

But this other son of yours, he took your money away, and he wasted it. He even paid women to sleep with him, like a woman does with her husband. And then he came back here, and now you are good to him. You even killed a young cow and gave him a party. That’s not right.’