Luke 15:11
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.
- KJV
- And he said, A certain man had two sons:
- WEB
- He said, “A certain man had two sons.
- ASV
- And he said, A certain man had two sons:
- DARBY
- And he said, A certain man had two sons;
- BLB
- And He said, “A certain man had two sons.
- ÅB
- Og han sa: En mann hadde to sønner,
- OTB
- Så fortalte han: «Det var en mann som hadde to sønner.
- B1930
- Og han sa: En mann hadde to sønner,