Luke 15:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² and the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ And he divided his living between them.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.

Luke 15:12 Cross References

Psalm 17:14

from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.

Mark 12:44

For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living.”

Luke 15:11

And he said, “There was a man who had two sons;

Luke 15:13

Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’