Luke 15:13

Good News Translation

After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he wasted his money in reckless living.

Cross References

Psalm 73:27

Those who abandon you will certainly perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.

Proverbs 18:9

A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.

Proverbs 21:17

Indulging in luxuries, wine, and rich food will never make you wealthy.

Proverbs 21:20

Wise people live in wealth and luxury, but stupid people spend their money as fast as they get it.

Proverbs 27:8

Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.

Proverbs 28:7

Young people who obey the law are intelligent. Those who make friends with good-for-nothings are a disgrace to their parents.

Proverbs 29:3

If you appreciate wisdom, your parents will be proud of you. It is a foolish waste to spend money on prostitutes.

Proverbs 6:26

A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.

Isaiah 1:4

You are doomed, you sinful nation, you corrupt and evil people! Your sins drag you down! You have rejected the Lord, the holy God of Israel, and have turned your backs on him.

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, you laughed and celebrated. You killed sheep and cattle to eat, and you drank wine. You said, “We might as well eat and drink! Tomorrow we'll be dead.”

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of our way and stop blocking our path. We don't want to hear about your holy God of Israel.”

Isaiah 56:12

‘Let's get some wine,’ these drunkards say, ‘and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!’”

Jeremiah 2:13

for my people have committed two sins: they have turned away from me, the spring of fresh water, and they have dug cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all.

Jeremiah 2:31

People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Have I been like a desert to you, like a dark and dangerous land? Why, then, do you say that you will do as you please, that you will never come back to me?

Jeremiah 2:5

The Lord says: “What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

Micah 6:3

The Lord says, “My people, what have I done to you? How have I been a burden to you? Answer me.

Luke 15:12

The younger one said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the property now.’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.

Luke 15:14

He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.

Luke 15:30

But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!’

Luke 16:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “There was once a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man was told that the manager was wasting his master's money,

Luke 16:19

“There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

Ephesians 2:13

But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used to be far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all—to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.

2 Peter 2:13

and they will be paid with suffering for the suffering they have caused. Pleasure for them is to do anything in broad daylight that will satisfy their bodily appetites; they are a shame and a disgrace as they join you in your meals, all the while enjoying their deceitful ways!