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Luke 15:12 ↔ Sirach 33:20–24 — property transfer before death

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INTERTEXTUAL_RELATIONSHIPINTERTEXT_LUK_15_SIR_33_INHERITANCE

Statement layerHistorical evidence indicates

ConfidencePlausible

Relationship classThematic Parallel

IntentionalityDependence Not Asserted

Sirach’s warning about relinquishing property/control to children before death provides a near-cultural textual parallel to the younger son’s request and the father’s division of property. It is useful background, not proof that Luke intentionally cites Sirach.

Supporting evidence

Kind: scripture_passage

Id: PASSAGE_LUK_15_1_32

Kind: second_temple_text

Id: PASSAGE_SIR_33_20_24

What this does not establish

A direct quotation, verbal echo, or literary dependence.

A universal Jewish legal prohibition on lifetime gifts or property transfer.

That Sirach was the specific background in the mind of Jesus, Luke, or every hearer.

Release Introduced: v52
Passage Id: PASSAGE_LUK_15_1_32
Source Passage Id: PASSAGE_LUK_15_1_32
Target Passage Id: PASSAGE_SIR_33_20_24
Status: CURATED_PUBLIC

Relationships

2 linked records

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Has Intertextual RelationshipLuke 15:1–32 — Lost, found, rejoicing, and two sonsreasonable inference Relates To PassageSirach 33:20–24reasonable inference

Sources & provenance

3 sources

SBL Greek New Testament v1.2CC BY 4.0 · AI/RAG: YES_WITH_ATTRIBUTION

Displayed Greek New Testament edition. Do not describe MorphGNT morphology/lemma data as part of the SBLGNT edition itself.

Greek Septuagint / LXX (eBible GRCLXX)Public Domain · AI/RAG: YES

Displayed Greek Septuagint edition. Do not attach external LXX lemma records as GRCLXX token annotations unless edition-specific alignment is verified.

Brenton English SeptuagintPublic Domain · AI/RAG: YES

Historical English translation of the Septuagint; it is not the Greek GRCLXX witness itself.