Luke 15:13

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Summary

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 took

Wasted

General references

Jeremiah 35:16

Bible References

And took

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem.

They spend their days in prosperity
and go down to Sheol in peace.

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

Those far from You will certainly perish;
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

Get out of the way!
Leave the pathway.
Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”

This is what the Lord says:

What fault did your fathers find in Me
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?

My people, what have I done to you,
or how have I wearied you?
Testify against Me!

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

Wasted

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,
but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

The one who is truly lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.

The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

“Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!”

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You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

General references

Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command he gave them, but these people have not obeyed Me.