Luke Chapter 15 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 15:13

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.
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BBE Luke 15:13

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
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DARBY Luke 15:13

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.
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KJV Luke 15:13

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.
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WEB 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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YLT Luke 15:13

`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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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Took his journey into a far country.--Such instances of emigration were, we may believe, familiar things in most towns of Galilee and Judaea. The young man left his home, and started, bent on pleasure or on gain, for Alexandria, or Rome, or Corinth, and rumour came home of riotous living, and a fortune wasted upon harlots, sabbaths broken, synagogues unvisited, perhaps even of participation in idol feasts. In the interpretation that lies below the surface, the "far country" is the state of the human spirit, of the Gentile world, in their wanderings far off from God. The "riotous living" is the reckless waste of noble gifts and highest energies on unbridled sensuality of life, or sensuous, i.e., idolatrous, forms of worship. The fearful history traced in Romans 1:19-32, is but too faithful a picture of the wanderings of the younger son.Riotous.--The exact meaning of the word is prodigal, thriftless.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekAfterμετ’ (met’)PrepositionStrong's 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 fewπολλὰς (pollas)Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluralStrong's 4183: Much, many; often. days,ἡμέρας (hēmeras)Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralStrong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. theὁ (ho)Article - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.youngerνεώτερος (neōteros)Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - ComparativeStrong's 3501: (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh. sonυἱὸς (huios)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.got everything togetherσυναγαγὼν (synagagōn)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.[and] journeyedἀπεδήμησεν (apedēmēsen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 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.toεἰς (eis)PrepositionStrong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.a distantμακράν (makran)Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 3117: Long, distant, far; of long duration. From mekos; long (distant) or time (neuter plural).country,χώραν (chōran)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 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)AdverbStrong's 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.he squanderedδιεσκόρπισεν (dieskorpisen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1287: From dia and skorpizo; to dissipate, i.e. to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander.hisαὐτοῦ (autou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 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.wealthοὐσίαν (ousian)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 3776: Property, wealth, substance. From the feminine of on; substance, i.e. Property.in wildἀσώτως (asōtōs)AdverbStrong's 811: Prodigally, with prodigal living, wastefully. Adverb from the same as asotia; dissolutely.living.ζῶν (zōn)Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.Jump to PreviousAfterwards Country Debauchery Distant Estate Far Far-Away Foolish Gathered Gathering Journey Later Money Property Riotous Squandered Substance Time Together Traveled Travelled Wasted Wealth Wild Younger