American Standard Version
Luke 15:13
13And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke 15:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
Context of Luke 15:13
11And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion ofthy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
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καὶ μετ᾽ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν πάντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακρὰν καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισεν τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ ζῶν ἀσώτως.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 15:13
- 2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
- Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
- Job 22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
- Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
- Psalms 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
- Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
- Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.
- Isaiah 30:11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
- Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Micah 6:3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
- Luke 15:30but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 16:1And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.
- Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
- Proverbs 6:26For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Commentaries on Luke 15:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Not many days after - He probably hastened his departure for fear of the fine which he must have paid, and the reproach to which he must have been subjected, had the matter come before the civil magistrate. See above. Riotous living - , in a course of life that led him to spend all: from not, and I save. And this we are informed, Luke 15:30, was among harlots; the readiest way in the world to exhaust the body, debase the mind, ruin the soul, and destroy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Gathered all together - Collected his property. If he had received flocks or grain, he sold them and converted them into money. As soon as this arrangement had been made he left his father‘s house. Took his journey - Went, or traveled. Into a far country - A country far off from his father‘s house. He went probably to trade or to seek his fortune, and in his wanderings came at last to this dissipated place, where his property was soon expended. Wasted his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 The parable of the prodigal son shows the nature of repentance, and the Lord's readiness to welcome and bless all who return to him. It fully sets forth the riches of gospel grace; and it has been, and will be, while the world stands, of unspeakable use to poor sinners, to direct and to encourage them in repenting and returning to God. It is bad, and the beginning of worse, when men look upon God's gifts as debts due to them. The great folly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13he squandered his wealth in wild living: In Jewish culture, losing family property to Gentiles in a distant land was considered especially shameful. In some cases, it could even lead to exclusion from the community (see also Deuteronomy 21:18–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. not many days--intoxicated with his new--found resources, and eager for the luxury of using them at Will. a far country--beyond all danger of interference from home. wasted, &c.--So long as it lasted, the inward monitor (Is 55:2) would be silenced (Is 9:10; 57:10; Am 4:6-10). riotous living--(Lu 15:30), "with harlots." Ah! but this reaches farther than the sensualist; for "in the deep symbolical language of Scripture fornication is the standing image…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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