Luke 15:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The younger son said to his father, “Give me my share of the property.” So the father divided his property between his two sons.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

Use your powerful arm and rescue me from the hands of mere humans whose world won't last. You provide food for those you love. Their children have plenty, and their grandchildren will have more than enough.

Mark 12:44

Everyone else gave what they didn't need. But she is very poor and gave everything she had. Now she doesn't have a penny to live on.

Luke 15:11

Jesus also told them another story: Once a man had two sons.

Luke 15:13

Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

Luke 15:30

This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”