Luke 15:13

And after not many days, the younger son, gathering it all together, set out on a long journey to a distant region. And there, he dissipated his substance, living in luxury.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12And the younger of them said to the father, ‘Father, give me the portion of your estate which would go to me.’ And he divided the estate between them.

14And after he had consumed it all, a great famine occurred in that region, and he began to be in need.

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Cross References

Job 21:13Their days are prolonged in wealth, yet, in an instant, they descend into hell.

Psalms 10:4For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done?

Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.

Proverbs 18:9Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Proverbs 21:20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.

Proverbs 27:8Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 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. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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