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The Story of the Loving Father

11 Then Jesus[a] said, “A man had two sons. 12 The younger one told his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So the father[b] divided his property between them. 13 A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all[c] on wild living.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:11 Lit. he
  2. Luke 15:12 Lit. he
  3. Luke 15:13 Lit. wasted his possessions

The Parable of the Lost Son

11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.(A) 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’(B) So he divided his property(C) between them.

13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth(D) in wild living.

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