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Andκαὶthe youngerὁ νεώτεροςof themαὐτῶνsaidεἶπενto his father,τῷ πατρί‘Father,Πάτερgiveδόςmeμοιthe shareτὸ μέροςof the estateτῆς οὐσίαςthat falls to me.’ἐπιβάλλονSoδὲheὁdividedδιεῖλενhis propertyτὸν βίονbetween them.αὐτοῖς
Luke 15:12
Study it in the app“And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.”
The father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgiveness
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:12, word by word
- the youngerνεώτεροςneōteros
young
Of few years, or with fewer years than others.
Where else “neōteros” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to his fatherπατρίpatri
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patri” appears- giveδόςdos
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dos” appears- the shareμέροςmeros
part
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “meros” appears- of the estateοὐσίαςousias
property
Property, estate, possessions.
Where else “ousias” appears- that falls to me.’ἐπιβάλλονepiballon
fall to
What belongs to someone: "the share that is mine".
Where else “epiballon” appears- dividedδιεῖλενdieilen
divide
Divide, distribute.
Where else “dieilen” appears- his propertyβίονbion
livelihood
What one has to live on.
Where else “bion” appears
The context
11And he said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 · This verse (above)
13And not many days later, the younger son, gathering together everything, went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)