Verse 12

and 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Mark 12:44 : 44 for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in -- all her living.'
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
  • Deut 21:16-17 : 16 then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one -- the first-born. 17 But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he `is' the beginning of his strength; to him `is' the right of the first-born.
  • Ps 16:5-6 : 5 Jehovah `is' the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot. 6 Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance `is' for me.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion `is' in life, And `with' Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied `with' sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.