Luke 15:13

And, after not many days, the younger son, gathering all together, left home for a country far away, and, there, squandered his substance with riotous living.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto the father—Father! give me the share that falleth to me, of what there is. And, he, divided unto them the living.

14And, when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine throughout that country,—and, he, began to be in want.

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Cross References

Job 21:13They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.

Psalms 10:4The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:

Proverbs 5:8Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:

Proverbs 18:9Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Proverbs 21:20Desirable treasure and oil, are in the home of the wise, but, a man who is a dullard, will destroy it.

Proverbs 27:8As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from 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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