A man has two sons. The younger one asks for his share of the property, goes to a far country and ends up with the pigs. He returns to his father, who welcomes him with a feast. The older son is angry. Read the story in simple English, with the real verses at the end.
13 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
father
a male parent
noun
heaven
the place where God lives; also the sky
noun
servant
a person who works for another person
noun
hand
the part of the body at the end of your arm
noun
house
a building where people live
noun
gather
to pick up things and bring them together
verb
off
away from a place (went off: went away)
adverb
against
toward someone who is wronged (sinned against you: did wrong to you)
preposition
kill
to make a person or an animal die
verb
let
to allow; Let’s eat: a way to say that we eat together
verb
alive
living; not dead
adjective
therefore
for this reason
adverb
might
a word that shows what someone wanted to be possible (so that I might be happy: so that I could be happy)
verb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
A man has two sons; the younger one asks his father for his share and goes to a far country.
He spends all he has, is sent to feed pigs and decides to go back to his father.
His father sees him, runs to him and tells his servants to kill the fattened calf.
The older son hears music and is angry, and his father comes out and speaks to him.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Luke 15:24 · WEB
for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
What did the son ask for? Luke 15:12 says “my share of your property”. The Tyndale Open Study Notes say it was an appalling request: in effect the son tells his father that, to him, the father is dead, and there could be no greater insult to a father.
Source: Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
Luke 15:11-32, from the World English Bible: the story of the two sons.
He asks for his share of the property, and the father divides his livelihood between his two sons (Luke 15:12).
A citizen of that country sends him into his fields to feed pigs (Luke 15:15).
He runs to him, falls on his neck and kisses him, and tells his servants to bring a robe, a ring, sandals and the fattened calf (Luke 15:20-23).
He is angry and will not go in; his father comes out and begs him, and the older son tells his father that he never got a goat (Luke 15:28-29).
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