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Luke 15:13

A few days later, the younger son sold his share. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.

Translation for Translators

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

12One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, I do not want to wait until you(sg) die. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.

14After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough food to eat.

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Cross References

Job 21:13Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead.

Psalms 10:4Wicked people are very proud. As a result, they do not ◄seek help from/are not concerned about► God; they do not even think that God exists.

Proverbs 5:8Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!

Proverbs 18:9People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as [IDM] those who destroy things.

Proverbs 21:20Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people quickly spend/waste all their money.

Proverbs 27:8Anyone who wanders far from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.

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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