Luke 15:12 (YLT)

Passage

and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.

Nearby Context

Luke 15:10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

Luke 15:11 And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

Luke 15:12 and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.

Luke 15:13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

Luke 15:14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "younger", "said", "father", "give", "portion", "substance", and "falling". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "younger" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And he said A certain man had..." into verse 13's "And not many days after having gathered...", so "younger" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "younger" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.