# Luke 15.13

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 11. And he said, <span class="rl-speech">A certain man had two sons:</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.</span>
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> **13. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.</span> (Luke 15:11-15, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 11. He said, <span class="rl-speech">“A certain man had two sons.</span> 12. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.
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> **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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> 14. When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15. He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. (Luke 15:11-15, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 11. And he said, <span class="rl-speech">A certain man had two sons:</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.</span>
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> **13. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.</span> (Luke 15:11-15, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 11. And he said, <span class="rl-speech">'A certain man had two sons,</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to [me], and he divided to them the living.</span>
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> **13. <span class="rl-speech">'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;</span>**
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> 14. <span class="rl-speech">and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,</span> (Luke 15:11-15, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G3776 - ousia](/codex/g3776-ousia/), *ousia*, Strong's G3776
- [G2198 - zao](/codex/g2198-zao/), *zao*, Strong's G2198
- [G5207 - huios](/codex/g5207-huios/), *huios*, Strong's G5207

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [Argument from the Festival-Feast Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-festival-feast-convergence/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [Argument from the Universal Imagination Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-imagination-convergence/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [God Created Me Knowing I Would Reject Him Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-me-knowing-i-would-reject-him-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 15](/codex/luke-15/)
- [Psychology of Lowered Defenses](/codex/psychology-of-lowered-defenses/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [Seeking God](/codex/seeking-god/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0622 - apollymi](/codex/g0622-apollymi/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [G3776 - ousia](/codex/g3776-ousia/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.