Luke 15:14

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine spread through that country, and he began to be in need.

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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

13Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he owned and went to a country far away, and there he wasted all his wealth by living recklessly.

15He went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11So Yahweh brought on them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and took him off to Babylon.

Hosea 2:9So I will take back her grain at harvest time, 1 and my new wine in its season. 1 I will take back my wool and flax 1 that were used to cover her nakedness. 1

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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