Luke 15:12
Good News Translation
The younger one said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the property now.' So the man divided his property between his two sons.

New Revised Standard Version
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

Contemporary English Version
The younger son said to his father, "Give me my share of the property." So the father divided his property between his two sons.

New American Bible
and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

give.

Deuteronomy 21:16,17 And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated. . . .

Psalm 16:5,6 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. . . .

Psalm 17:14 From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

And he.

Mark 12:44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole living.

Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11And he said: A certain man had two sons. 12And 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. 13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and shall give him a double portion of all he hath: for this is the first of his children, and to him are due the first birthrights.

Mark 12:44
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole living.

Luke 15:11
And he said: A certain man had two sons.

Luke 15:13
And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.

Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Luke 15:11
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