The Parable of the Lost Son

11 And he said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his[a] father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to me.’ So he divided his[b] assets between them. 13 And after not many days, the younger son gathered everything and[c] went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth by[d] living wastefully.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Luke 15:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Luke 15:13 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“gathered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Luke 15:13 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the adverbial participle of manner (“living”)