The Meaning of Luke 15:31 Explained

Luke 15:31

KJV: And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

YLT: 'And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

Darby: But he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

ASV: And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  he said  unto him,  Son,  thou  art  ever  with  me,  and  all  that I have  is  thine. 

What does Luke 15:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 15:25-32 - The Son Who Never Came To His Father
Notice the difference between the Father's care for his elder son and the son's own estimate of his position, and you will see how easily you may miss the holy possibilities of your own life, if you allow yourself to be blinded by jealousy!
Ever with me; life was meant to be irradiated and blessed by the constant sense of God's nearness. We were meant to live in God and God in us. All that I have is thine; such is our wealthy condition, in the purpose of God, that all His divine resources, stored in Jesus, await the appropriation of our faith.
But if we fail to recognize our brother in the penitent thy son; if we shut ourselves out of the joy, because of some fancied slight, or of pharisaic pride, we miss our own truest blessedness. But God entreats us to come into it.
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Chapter Summary: Luke 15

1  The parable of the lost sheep;
8  of the piece of silver;
11  of the prodigal son

Greek Commentary for Luke 15:31

Son [Τεκνον]
Child. [source]
Thou [συ]
Expressed and in emphatic position in the sentence. He had not appreciated his privileges at home with his father. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 15:31 mean?

- And he said to him Son you always with me are and all that [is] mine yours is
δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τέκνον σὺ πάντοτε μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἶ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμὰ σά ἐστιν

  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
εἶπεν  he  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
αὐτῷ  to  him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Τέκνον  Son 
Parse: Noun, Vocative Neuter Singular
Root: τέκνον  
Sense: offspring, children.
πάντοτε  always 
Parse: Adverb
Root: πάντοτε  
Sense: at all times, always, ever.
ἐμοῦ  me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
τὰ  that 
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἐμὰ  [is]  mine 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Nominative Neuter 1st Person Plural
Root: ἐμός  
Sense: my, mine, etc.
σά  yours 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Nominative Neuter 2nd Person Plural
Root: σός  
Sense: thy, thine.