Luke 15:13

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

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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

12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

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Cross References

Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity.In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his face,has no room in his thoughts for God.

Proverbs 5:8Remove your way far from her.Do not come near the door of her house,

Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his workis brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Proverbs 21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;but a foolish man swallows it up.

Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his home.

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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