New American Standard Bible 2020

Luke 15:11-16

11And He saidG3004,“A manἄνθρωπόςanthrōposG444hadεἶχενeichenG2192twoδύοduoG1417sonsυἱούς.huiousG5207.

12The youngerνεώτεροςneōterosG3501of them saidG3004to his fatherπατρί·patriG3962, ‘Fatherπάτερ,paterG3962,giveδόςdosG1325methe shareμέροςmerosG3313of the estateοὐσίας.ousiasG3776thatis comingἐπιβάλλονepiballonG1911to me.’ And sohe dividedG1244hiswealthβίον.bionG979betweenG1244them.

13And not manyπολλὰςpollasG4183daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250laterμετ᾽met᾽G3326,the youngerνεώτεροςneōterosG3501sonυἱὸςhuiosG5207gatheredG4863everythingπάνταpantaG3956togetherσυναγαγὼνsunagagōnG4863and wentG589onG589aG589journeyG589to a distantμακρὰνmakranG3117countryχώρανchōranG5561,and thereἐκεῖekeiG1563he squanderedδιεσκόρπισενdieskorpisenG1287his estateοὐσίανousianG3776inwildἀσώτως.asōtōsG811livingζῶνzōnG2198.

14NowδὲdeG1161when he hadspentδαπανήσαντοςdapanēsantosG1159everythingπάνταpantaG3956,a severeἰσχυρὰischuraG2478famineλιμὸςlimosG3042occurredἐγένετοegenetoG1096in that countryχώρανchōranG5561,and he beganἤρξατοērxatoG757doingG5302withoutG5302.

15SoG2532he wentπορευθεὶςporeutheisG4198andhiredG2853himself outG2853to oneἑνὶheniG1520of the citizensπολιτῶνpolitōnG4177of that countryχώραςchōrasG5561,and he sentἔπεμψενepempsenG3992him into his fieldsἀγροὺςagrousG68to feedβόσκεινboskeinG1006pigsχοίρους.choirousG5519.

16And he longedἐπεθύμειepethumeiG1937to haveG5526his fillG5526of the carobG2769podsG2769that the pigsχοῖροι,choiroiG5519were eatingἤσθιονēsthionG2068,and noG3762oneοὐδεὶςoudeisG3762was givingἐδίδουedidouG1325him anything.

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