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Andδὲheὁsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ‘Child,Τέκνονyouσὺareεἶalwaysπάντοτεwithμετ’me,ἐμοῦandκαὶeverythingπάνταthat is mineτὰ ἐμὰisἐστινyours.σά
Luke 15:31
Study it in the app“And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:31, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘ChildΤέκνονTeknon
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “Teknon” appears- areεἶei
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ei” appears- alwaysπάντοτεpantote
always
Always.
Where else “pantote” appears- that is mineἐμὰema
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “ema” appears- yoursσάsa
your, yours
Your, yours (of one person).
Where else “sa” appears
The context
30but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’
31 · This verse (above)
32But it was necessary to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, and was lost and has been found.’”
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)