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The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Luke 15:13

In 9 translations

BSB
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
LSV
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;
YLT
'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;
DBY
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.
DRC
And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.
GNV
So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πάντα (“all [things]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἅπαντα (“all [things]”).
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  • SBLGNT: πάντα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάντα; Robinson–Pierpont read ἅπαντα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν πάντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακράν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισεν τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ ζῶν ἀσώτως.
RP2018
Καὶ μετ’ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν ἅπαντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακράν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισεν τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ, ζῶν ἀσώτως.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ μετ᾿ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν ἅπαντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακράν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισε τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ, ζῶν ἀσώτως.
SCR1894
και μετ ου πολλας ημερας συναγαγων απαντα ο νεωτερος υιος απεδημησεν εις χωραν μακραν και εκει διεσκορπισεν την ουσιαν αυτου ζων ασωτως

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  • Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  • Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
  • Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
  • Proverbs 23:19–22Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will…
  • Luke 16:1Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
  • Proverbs 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
  • Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  • Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
  • Ecclesiastes 11:9–10Rejoice, 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…
  • Romans 13:13–14Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no…
  • Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
  • Job 21:13–15They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if…
  • Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
  • Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
  • Psalms 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
  • Isaiah 22:13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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