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Luke 15:13
13After a few days, the younger son sold what his father had given to him. Then he took all the money and left home. He went on a long journey to a country far away. There, he did whatever he wanted to do and wasted all his money.
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
11Jesus then told another story: ‘There was a man that had two sons. 12The younger son went to his father and said to him, “Father, please give me now my part of your things.” So the father gave both sons the part of his things that each of them should have. After a few days, the younger son sold what his father had given to him. Then he took all the money and left home. He went on a long journey to a country far away. There, he did whatever he wanted to do and wasted all his money. 14After he had spent everything, there was no rain in that country. There was almost no food anywhere. So the young man had nothing to eat. 15He went to a man who lived in that country. He asked to work for him. So the man sent him into his fields to give food to his pigs.
Read all of Luke 15Luke 15:13 word by word
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- notοὐou · noG3756
- manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- the youngerνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
- sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- allἅπαςhapas · allG537
- and took his journeyἀποδημέωapodēmeō · to go abroadG589
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- a farμακρόςmakros · long/distantG3117
- countryχώραchōra · countryG5561
- thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
- wastedδιασκορπίζωdiaskorpizō · to scatterG1287
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- substanceοὐσίαousia · estateG3776
- with riotousἀσώτωςasōtōs · wildlyG811
- livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
Cross-references for Luke 15:13
- 2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He ruled as king in Jerusalem for 55 years.
- Job 21:13Wicked people have plenty of money through their whole lives. Even when they die, they do not suffer.
- Job 22:17They said to God, “Leave us alone!” They thought that Almighty God could not hurt them.
- Psalms 10:4Wicked people are too proud to worry about God. They think, ‘God will not give me any trouble.’
- Psalms 73:27Those people who stay far away from you will die. You destroy everybody who turns away from you.
- Proverbs 27:8A person who travels away from his home is like a bird that flies away from its nest.
- Isaiah 1:4Oh! Israel, you are a nation of people who do not obey me. The people are guilty of many evil things. Their sins are like a heavy weight on their backs. They are a family of people who do wicked things. They have turned away from the Lord, the Holy God of Israel. They have turned their backs against him.
- Isaiah 30:11Leave this path. Get out of our way! Stop telling us about the Holy God of Israel.’
- Jeremiah 2:5This is the Lord's message to you: ‘I had done nothing wrong against your ancestors, but they turned away from me. Instead, they worshipped useless idols. So they themselves became useless.
- Micah 6:3‘My people, what bad thing have I done to you?’ God asks. ‘How have I made you tired of me? Answer me.
- Ephesians 2:13You were far away from God. But now, God has brought you near to himself, because you belong to Christ Jesus. That is possible because of Christ's death on the cross as a sacrifice.
- Luke 15:30But now this other son of yours has returned. He has wasted all the money that you gave to him. He has spent it on prostitutes. But you have even killed the fat young cow for him.”
- Luke 16:1Jesus told another story to his disciples: ‘A rich man had a servant who worked for him. The servant took care of the money and things that belonged to the man. Then some people told the rich man that his servant was wasting his master's things.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep far away from a woman like that! Do not even go near the door of her house.
- Proverbs 6:26If you sleep with a prostitute, that may cost the price of a meal. But if you sleep with another man's wife, you may pay with your life.
- Proverbs 18:9A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.
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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