“The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.”
— WEB
Luke 15:12
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“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.”
— KJV
“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.”
— ASV
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Commentary
III. THE PRODIGAL SON. (Luke 15:11-32) the younger--as the more thoughtless. said, &c.--weary of restraint, panting for independence, unable longer to abide the check of a father's eye. This is man impatient of divine control, desiring to be independent of God, seeking to be his own master; that "sin of sins, in which all subsequent sins are included as in their germ, for they are but the unfolding of this one" [TRENCH]. he divided, &c.--Thus "God, when His service no longer appears a perfect freedom, and man promises himself something far better elsewhere, allows him to make the trial; and he shall discover, if need be by saddest proof, that to depart from Him is not to throw off the yoke, but to exchange a light yoke for a heavy one, and one gracious Master for a thousand imperious tyrants and lords" [TRENCH].
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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