Luke 15:14

After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.

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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

13A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.

15So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

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Cross References

Hosea 2:9So I will take back my grain at the harvest, and my sweet wine in its season. I will withdraw my wool and my flax, given to cover her nakedness;

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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