Luke 15:13

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

And after not many days, the younger son, having gathered together all, went away into a far country, and there he scattered his substance living prodigally.

Latin

Et non post multos dies, congregatis omnibus, adolescentior filius peregre profectus est in regionem longinquam, et ibi dissipavit substantiam suam vivendo luxuriose.

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English

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

Notes

Luke 15:13

he squandered his wealth in wild living: In Jewish culture, losing family property to Gentiles in a distant land was considered especially shameful. In some cases, it could even lead to exclusion from the community (see also Deuteronomy 21:18–21).

Luke 15:11–32

Like the previous two parables (15:3–7, 8–10), the parable of the lost son demonstrates God’s love for the lost and the joy God experiences when they return. It also reflects the ministry of Jesus. The father represents God, the younger son represents the tax collectors and sinners Jesus welcomed, and the older son represents the religious leaders.

Luke 15:1–32

Chapter 15 contains three related parables of things lost and found:

a sheep (15:1–7),
a coin (15:8–10), and
a son (15:11–32).

The loss of something loved causes deep sorrow, whereas finding it brings great joy. There is great rejoicing in heaven when lost sinners return to their heavenly Father.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant Love

Events

Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalemc. AD 30

Related verses

Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
Proverbs 23:19–22
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Proverbs 28:7
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
Ecclesiastes 11:9–10
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Luke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Luke 16:1
Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
Proverbs 6:26
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Job 21:13–15
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Romans 13:13–14
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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