New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 15:11-16

11And He saidG3004,“A manἄνθρωπόςanthrōposG444hadεἶχενeichenG2192twoδύοduoG1417sonsυἱούς.huiousG5207.

12The youngerνεώτεροςneōterosG3501of them saidG3004to his fatherπατρί·patriG3962, ‘Fatherπάτερ,paterG3962,giveδόςdosG1325methe shareμέροςmerosG3313of the estateοὐσίας.ousiasG3776that fallsἐπιβάλλονepiballonG1911to me.’ SoδὲdeG1161he dividedG1244hiswealthβίον.bionG979betweenG1244them.

13And not manyπολλὰςpollasG4183daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250laterμετ᾽met᾽G3326,the youngerνεώτεροςneōterosG3501sonυἱὸςhuiosG5207gatheredG4863everythingπάνταpantaG3956togetherσυναγαγὼνsunagagōnG4863and wentG589on a journeyG589into a distantμακρὰνmakranG3117countryχώρανchōranG5561,and thereἐκεῖekeiG1563he squanderedδιεσκόρπισενdieskorpisenG1287his estateοὐσίανousianG3776with looseἀσώτως.asōtōsG811livingζῶνzōnG2198.

14NowδὲdeG1161when he had spentδαπανήσαντοςdapanēsantosG1159everythingπάνταpantaG3956,a severeἰσχυρὰischuraG2478famineλιμὸςlimosG3042occurredἐγένετοegenetoG1096in that countryχώρανchōranG5561,and he beganἤρξατοērxatoG757to be impoverishedὑστερεῖσθαι.hustereisthaiG5302.

15SoG2532he wentπορευθεὶςporeutheisG4198andhiredἐκολλήθηekollēthēG2853himself out to oneἑνὶheniG1520of the citizensπολιτῶνpolitōnG4177of that countryχώραςchōrasG5561,and he sentἔπεμψενepempsenG3992him into his fieldsἀγροὺςagrousG68to feedβόσκεινboskeinG1006swineχοίρους.choirousG5519.

16And he would have gladlyἐπεθύμειepethumeiG1937filledG1072his stomachG2836with thepodsκερατίωνkeratiōnG2769that the swineχοῖροι,choiroiG5519were eatingἤσθιονēsthionG2068,and noG3762oneοὐδεὶςoudeisG3762was givingἐδίδουedidouG1325anything to him.

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