Luke 12:13 Parallel Translations

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of the inheritance that our father left us."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

ASV:

And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

BBE:

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

DBY:

And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

ERV:

And one out of the multitude said unto him, Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

WEY:

Just then a man in the crowd appealed to Him. "Rabbi," he said, "tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance."

WBS:

And one of the company said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

WEB:

One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

YLT:

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

Luke 12:13 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

Luke 12:14 But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:13 {5} And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
(5) For three reasons Christ would not be a judge to divide an inheritance. First, because he would not support and uphold the fleshly opinion that the Jews had of Messiah: secondly, because he wanted to distinguish the civil government from the ecclesiastical: thirdly, to teach us to beware of those which abuse the show of the gospel, and also the name of ministers, for their own private well-being.

PNT:

12:13 One of the company said. This question concerning the inheritance, and the parable of the Rich Fool that follows, are only found in Luke.
Speak to my brother. The man wished to enlist Christ's moral power for his pecuniary advantage. Whether his brother had wronged him or not is not stated, but the Lord's business was not to gain acres of land and money for men.

MHC:

12:13-21 Christ's kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but wordly dominion is not founded in grace. It does not encourage expectations of worldly advantages by religion. The rewards of Christ's disciples are of another nature. Covetousness is a sin we need constantly to be warned against; for happiness and comfort do not depend on the wealth of this world. The things of the world will not satisfy the desires of a soul. Here is a parable, which shows the folly of carnal worldling while they live, and their misery when they die. The character drawn is exactly that of a prudent, worldly man, who has no grateful regard to the providence of God, nor any right thought of the uncertainty of human affairs, the worth of his soul, or the importance of eternity. How many, even among professed Christians, point out similar characters as models for imitation, and proper persons to form connexions with! We mistake if we think that thoughts are hid, and thoughts are free. When he saw a great crop upon his ground, instead of thanking God for it, or rejoicing to be able to do more good, he afflicts himself. What shall I do now? The poorest beggar in the country could not have said a more anxious word. The more men have, the more perplexity they have with it. It was folly for him to think of making no other use of his plenty, than to indulge the flesh and gratify the sensual appetites, without any thought of doing good to others. Carnal worldlings are fools; and the day is coming when God will call them by their own name, and they will call themselves so. The death of such persons is miserable in itself, and terrible to them. Thy soul shall be required. He is loth to part with it; but God shall require it, shall require an account of it, require it as a guilty soul to be punished without delay. It is the folly of most men, to mind and pursue that which is for the body and for time only, more than that for the soul and eternity.

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