Luke 15:13
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And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.

and took.

2 Chronicles 33:1-10 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. . . .

Job 21:13-15 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. . . .

Job 22:17,18 Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: . . .

Psalm 10:4-6 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him: . . .

Psalm 73:27 For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

Isaiah 1:4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.

Isaiah 30:11 Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.

Jeremiah 2:5,13,17-19,31 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? . . .

Micah 6:3 O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me.

Ephesians 2:13,17 But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. . . .

wasted.

Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Luke 16:1,19 And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. . . .

Proverbs 5:8-14 Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. . . .

Proverbs 6:26 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

Proverbs 18:9 He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Proverbs 21:17,20 He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich. . . .

Proverbs 23:19-22 Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way. . . .

Proverbs 28:7 He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

Proverbs 29:3 A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth harlots, shall squander away his substance.

Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. . . .

Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Isaiah 56:12 Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as to day, so also to morrow, and much more.

Amos 6:3-7 You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; . . .

Romans 13:13,14 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy. . . .

1 Peter 4:3,4 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings and unlawful worshipping of idols. . . .

2 Peter 2:13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you:

Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
12And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance. 13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously. 14And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.…
Cross References
Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.

Luke 15:14
And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.

Luke 16:1
And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.

Lexicon
After
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

a few
πολλὰς (pollas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

days,
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

younger
νεώτερος (neōteros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 3501: (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.

son
υἱὸς (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

got everything together
συναγαγὼν (synagagōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.

[and] journeyed
ἀπεδήμησεν (apedēmēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 589: To be away from home, go into another country, be away, be abroad. From apodemos; to go abroad, i.e. Visit a foreign land.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

a distant
μακράν (makran)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3117: Long, distant, far; of long duration. From mekos; long (distant) or time (neuter plural).

country,
χώραν (chōran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5561: Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory.

[where]
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

he squandered
διεσκόρπισεν (dieskorpisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1287: From dia and skorpizo; to dissipate, i.e. to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

wealth
οὐσίαν (ousian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3776: Property, wealth, substance. From the feminine of on; substance, i.e. Property.

in wild
ἀσώτως (asōtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 811: Prodigally, with prodigal living, wastefully. Adverb from the same as asotia; dissolutely.

living.
ζῶν (zōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.


Additional Translations
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

And not many days later, the younger son having gathered together all, went away into a distant country, and there he wasted his estate, living prodigally.

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.

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

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.

No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

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.

'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
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