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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
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King James Version
Luke 15:14
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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English Standard Version
And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.
And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.
Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.
Christian Standard Bible®
After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.
After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.
Hebrew Names Version
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
International Standard Version
After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Darby Translation
But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
Easy-to-Read Version
After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and needed money.
After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and needed money.
Amplified Bible
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need.
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need.
American Standard Version
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Berean Standard Bible
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
Contemporary English Version
He had spent everything, when a bad famine spread through that whole land. Soon he had nothing to eat.
He had spent everything, when a bad famine spread through that whole land. Soon he had nothing to eat.
Complete Jewish Bible
But after he had spent it all, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch.
But after he had spent it all, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch.
Etheridge Translation
And when every thing he had was finished, there was a great famine in that country; and he began to want.
And when every thing he had was finished, there was a great famine in that country; and he began to want.
Murdock Translation
And when he had consumed all that he had, there occurred a great famine in that place; and he began to be in want.
And when he had consumed all that he had, there occurred a great famine in that place; and he began to be in want.
King James Version (1611)
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he beganne to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he beganne to be in want.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.
And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.
English Revised Version
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Lexham English Bible
And after he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
And after he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Literal Translation
But having spent all his things, a severe famine came throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
But having spent all his things, a severe famine came throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
New Century Version
After he had spent everything, a time came when there was no food anywhere in the country, and the son was poor and hungry.
After he had spent everything, a time came when there was no food anywhere in the country, and the son was poor and hungry.
New English Translation
Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
New King James Version
But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.
But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.
New Living Translation
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
New Life Bible
When all his money was spent, he was hungry. There was no food in the land.
When all his money was spent, he was hungry. There was no food in the land.
New Revised Standard
When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine throughout that country, - and, he, began to be in want.
And, when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine throughout that country, - and, he, began to be in want.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.
And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.
George Lamsa Translation
And when all he had was gone, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in need.
And when all he had was gone, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in need.
Good News Translation
He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.
He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Weymouth's New Testament
At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.
At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And aftir that he hadde endid alle thingis, a strong hungre was maad in that cuntre, and he bigan to haue nede.
And aftir that he hadde endid alle thingis, a strong hungre was maad in that cuntre, and he bigan to haue nede.
Young's Literal Translation
and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
World English Bible
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
Revised Standard Version
And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he had spent all that he had ther rose a greate derth thorow out all yt same londe and he began to lacke.
And when he had spent all that he had ther rose a greate derth thorow out all yt same londe and he began to lacke.
Update Bible Version
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Bible in Basic English
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
New American Standard Bible
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began doing without.
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began doing without.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan he had spent all that he had, there was a greate derth thorow out all the same lode. And he begane to lacke,
Now whan he had spent all that he had, there was a greate derth thorow out all the same lode. And he begane to lacke,
Mace New Testament (1729)
when he had spent all, there happen'd to be a severe famine in that country;
when he had spent all, there happen'd to be a severe famine in that country;
THE MESSAGE
The Story of the Lost Sheep By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends." Their grumbling triggered this story. "Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it? When found, you can be sure you would put it across your shoulders, rejoicing, and when you got home call in your friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!' Count on it—there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. "Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!' Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God." Then he said, "There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what's coming to me.' "So the father divided the property between them. It wasn't long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any. "That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I'm going back to my father. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.' He got right up and went home to his father. "When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: ‘Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son ever again.' "But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time. "All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day's work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing. Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on. He told him, ‘Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.' "The older brother stalked off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen. The son said, ‘Look how many years I've stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!' "His father said, ‘Son, you don't understand. You're with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"
The Story of the Lost Sheep By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends." Their grumbling triggered this story. "Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it? When found, you can be sure you would put it across your shoulders, rejoicing, and when you got home call in your friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!' Count on it—there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. "Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!' Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God." Then he said, "There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what's coming to me.' "So the father divided the property between them. It wasn't long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any. "That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I'm going back to my father. I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.' He got right up and went home to his father. "When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: ‘Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son ever again.' "But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time. "All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day's work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing. Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on. He told him, ‘Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.' "The older brother stalked off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen. The son said, ‘Look how many years I've stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!' "His father said, ‘Son, you don't understand. You're with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"
Simplified Cowboy Version
About the time all his money ran out, a depression hit the country, and there were no jobs or food to be found.
About the time all his money ran out, a depression hit the country, and there were no jobs or food to be found.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.
Contextual Overview
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 country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
arose: 2 Chronicles 33:11, Ezekiel 16:27, Hosea 2:9-14, Amos 8:9-12
Reciprocal: Psalms 107:12 - he brought Proverbs 18:9 - is brother Proverbs 21:20 - but Isaiah 57:17 - and he Hosea 2:6 - I will
Cross-References
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:4
And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Genesis 15:9
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when he had spent all,.... Sin strips a man of all that is good and valuable; of the image of God, of the knowledge of divine things, of natural holiness, of moral righteousness, and of strength to perform moral good; hence man is in a wretched and miserable condition, he is poor, and blind, and naked: and if man has spent all, and sin has stripped him of all, where is his free will? there is no good thing in man, but what comes from the grace of God; nor has he any thing to recommend him to God, or to offer to his creditor, to compound his debts with; nor can he prepare himself for conversion, or any good work:
there arose a mighty famine in that land; sin brings men into a starving and famishing condition; for in the far country, the land of sin, there is a famine of the word: though the Gospel is preached, it is only food to spiritual persons; unregenerate men have no desire to it, but neglect and despise it; and if they attend it, it has no place in them: they that are in this land, are aliens from the ordinances of God, the breasts of consolation, the goodness and fatness of his house; they are in a pit, wherein is no water; their taste is vitiated to every thing that is spiritually good; they live on bread of deceit, and labour after that which satisfies not; wherefore they look like skeletons, and are as the dry bones in Ezekiel's vision:
and he began to be in want; or was in want: when the above is the case, the sinner may be truly said to be in want; an unregenerate man is in want of every thing that is good; of wisdom and knowledge, of grace and holiness, of righteousness or clothing, of food, and of all the necessaries of life: and he may be said to "begin" to be in want, because man was not originally so, but was possessed of a natural fulness; and because sin is the beginning of want, as soon as one takes place, the other does: moreover, this man now began to see and feel himself to be in want, though as yet he was not rightly and truly sensible of his wants, at least of the way to redress them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A mighty famine - Famines were common in Eastern nations. They were caused by the failure of the crops - by a want of timely rains, a genial sun, or sometimes by the prevalence of the plague or of the pestilence, which swept off numbers of the inhabitants. In this case it is very naturally connected with the luxury, the indolence, and the dissipation of the people in that land,
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 15:14. A mighty famine in that land — As he was of a profligate turn of mind himself, it is likely he sought out a place where riot and excess were the ruling characteristics of the inhabitants; and, as poverty is the sure consequence of prodigality, it is no wonder that famine preyed on the whole country.
