Luke 15:13

After ¹  a few days, ²  the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered ³  his wealth ⁴  with a wild lifestyle.

2Ch 33:1-10; Job 21:13-15; Job 22:17,18; Ps 10:4-6; Ps 73:27; Pr 5:8-14; Pr 6:26; Pr 18:9; Pr 21:17,20; Pr 23:19-22; Pr 27:8; Pr 28:7; Pr 29:3; Ec 11:9,10; Isa 1:4; Isa 22:13; Isa 30:11; Isa 56:12; Jer 2:5,13,17-19,31; Am 6:3-7; Mic 6:3; Lu 15:30; Lu 16:1,19; Ro 13:13,14; Eph 2:13,17; 1Pe 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:13

¹ tn Grk “And after.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “after not many days.”

³ tn Or “wasted.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).

⁴ tn Or “estate” (the same word has been translated “estate” in v. 12).