Luke 15:13

“And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, etc.] That his father had divided to him, all his goods and substance: as soon as a man has any internal substance, any considerable degree of natural knowledge, he immediately sets out from God, and employs it against him, in reasoning against him, against his being, his works, his providence, his purposes, his revelation, and will; as soon as a man has the exercise of his reason, as soon as he can think and speak, nay, as soon as he is born, he goes astray from God, speaking lies; and as soon as a wicked man has of this world, what his carnal heart desires, he is for living independent of God, and his providence; he is for…”

“not many days--intoxicated with his new--found resources, and eager for the luxury of using them at Will. a far country--beyond all danger of interference from home. wasted, &c.--So long as it lasted, the inward monitor (Isa 55:2) would be silenced (Isa 9:10; Isa 57:10; Amo 4:6-10). riotous living-- (Luk 15:30), "with harlots." Ah! but this reaches farther than the sensualist; for "in the deep symbolical language of Scripture fornication is the standing image of idolatry; they are in fact ever spoken of as one and the same sin, considered now in its fleshly, now in its spiritual aspect" (Jer 3:1-15; Eze. 16:1-17:24) [TRENCH].”

“Gathered all together - Collected his property. If he had received flocks or grain, he sold them and converted them into money. As soon as this arrangement had been made he left his father’s house. Took his journey - Went, or traveled. Into a far country - A country far off from his father’s house. He went probably to trade or to seek his fortune, and in his wanderings came at last to this dissipated place, where his property was soon expended. Wasted his substance - Spent his property. In riotous living - Literally, “Living without saving anything.” He lived extravagantly, and in the most dissolute company. See Luke 15:30. By his wandering away we may understand that sinners wander far away…”

“He took a journey into a far country - Far from God: God was not in all his thoughts: And squandered away his substance - All the grace he had received. Luke 15:14”

“15:13 he wasted all his money in wild living: Jews considered the loss of family property to Gentiles in a distant land to be particularly disgraceful and grounds for excommunication (see also Deut 21:18-21).”

“and took: Ch2 33:1-10; Job 21:13-15, Job 22:17, Job 22:18; Psa 10:4-6, Psa 73:27; Pro 27:8; Isa 1:4, Isa 30:11; Jer 2:5, Jer 2:13, Jer 2:17-19, Jer 2:31; Mic 6:3; Eph 2:13, Eph 2:17 wasted: Luk 15:30, Luk 16:1, Luk 16:19; Pro 5:8-14, Pro 6:26, Pro 18:9, Pro 21:17, Pro 21:20, Pro 23:19-22, Pro 28:7, Pro 29:3; Ecc 11:9, Ecc 11:10; Isa 22:13, Isa 56:12; Amo 6:3-7; Rom 13:13, Rom 13:14; Pe1 4:3, Pe1 4:4; Pe2 2:13 Luke 15:14”