12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.


In Context

9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.|

11 He said, |A certain man had two sons.

12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

Luke 15:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:12and 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:12and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to me, and he divided to them the living.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.