After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.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.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 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.
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… our father and the my way highway results in disaster the rest of the paragraph reads so the father divided to them his livelihood and not many days after the younger son gathered all together and journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. A modern rendering of this scene is very easy to imagine. The father grants the son the request, and the father calls the bank, tells the bank to transfer some money over into his son's account. The boy catches an Uber to the airport. and on the way to the airport he stops at the bank and he empties that account and he uses some of that money to pay for a first-class ticket to Las Vegas and he lands in Sin City with rolls of money in his bag and fantasies of fun on his mind he goes straight to the casino and he begins to flash his cash Word on the floor spreads quickly. Hey, there's a sucker at blackjack table number two. …
… And not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country, and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. When he came to his senses, he said, how many of my father's hired servants have food to spare? And here I am starving to death. I will set out and go back to my father and say to him, father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants. So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him. …
… AND HE GAVE HIM PREMATURELY HIS INHERITANCE. VERSE 13, AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER THAT, THE YOUNGER SON GATHERED ALL TOGETHER AND TOOK HIS JOURNEY INTO A FAR COUNTRY. AND THERE WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE WITH RIOTOUS LIVING. WINE, WOMAN, AND SONG. HE, HE WAS HAVING A BIG TIME. on his father's money, on his premature inheritance. No God in his life, no father in his life. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Boys and girls, that's pigs, hogs. AND HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS THAT THE SWINE DID EAT. AND NO MAN GAVE UNTO HIM. AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, HE SAID, HOW MANY OF MY FATHER'S HIRED SERVANTS HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER. NOW OUR LORD IS SPEAKING NOT ONLY OF THE WEAKNESS OF THESE PEOPLE AND THE WORTHLESSNESS OF THESE PEOPLE, But he's speaking of the wretchedness of these people, and he's saying, this is why I keep company with them. …