Luke 15:14

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

In Context

13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

Hosea 2:9So I will take away again my grain in its time and my wine, and I will take away my wool and my linen with which her body might have been covered.

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 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. 13 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. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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