“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
- BSB ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
- NKJV “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
- NASB And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.
- NLT “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.
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- Mark 7:27–28But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
- Rom 9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
- Rom 11:1I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Matt 20:13–16“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
- Rom 11:35“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
- Luke 19:22–23“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
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