Luke 15:14

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, after not many days, the younger son, gathering all together, left home for a country far away, and, there, squandered his substance with riotous living.

15And he went his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11So Yahweh brought in upon them, the captains of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks,—and bound him captive with a pair of bronze fetters, and took him away to Babylon.

Hosea 2:9Therefore, will I again take away my corn, in the time thereof, and my new wine, in the season thereof,—and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to hide her shame.

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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