Verse 12

The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 12:44 : 44 For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
• Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
• Deut 21:16-17 : 16 In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s son who is actually the firstborn. 17 Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power– to him should go the right of the firstborn.
• Ps 16:5-6 : 5 LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure. 6 It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.
• Ps 17:14 : 14 LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.