And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
Parallel translations
- WEB One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- BSB Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- NKJV Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- NASB Now someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
- NLT Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.”
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Quick answer
A man asks Jesus to make his brother share an inheritance with him. He treats Jesus merely as a means to material gain rather than as Lord.
Overview
Interrupting Jesus' teaching on weighty spiritual matters, this man is preoccupied with money and a family dispute. His request reveals a heart focused on possessions rather than on the kingdom Jesus proclaims. It sets up Jesus' warning against covetousness and His parable about the folly of trusting in wealth.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Tim 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- Luke 6:45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Ezek 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- Acts 8:18–19And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
- Ps 17:14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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