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In the Urantia Book

About biologic inheritance, see link to eugenics | eugenics; genetics

    About inheritance of taxes, see link to taxation | taxation:inheritance tax

    • Jesus urged the rich man to share his inheritance with his brother, emphasizing the spiritual value of wealth over material possessions. 165:4
    • Fathers like to leave inheritance for their sons, ensuring the continuation of family across generations. 142:7.12
    • Jesus’ advice to rich man: as a trustee of inherited wealth, consider its sources, disburse dishonest portions with justice and generosity, and use the remainder wisely for the benefit of succeeding generations. (132:5.3,15,23)
    • As steward of inherited wealth, you have a moral obligation to transmit legitimate wealth to succeeding generations while ensuring fairness and justice in the distribution of resources. 69:9.3 132:5.15
    • In early times, primitives reckoned inheritance in the female line due to the belief in blood as the creator of the child. 84:2.1
    • The prodigal son wasted his inheritance in riotous living, only to find himself in want and feeding swine in a distant land. 169:1.7

    Bible parallels

    Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

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