LUKE 15:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
The younger one said to his father, father, give me my share of the estate. So he divided his property between them — the younger son's request is a form of wishing his father dead: the inheritance belongs to the father until his death. To demand it while the father lives is to treat the father as already dead. So he divided his property between them: the father complies — the same freedom extended to the son that is the nature of love.
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