Luke 15:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁴ And when he had spent everything [he had], a severe famine occurred in that country and he became desperate for food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ “When he had used up his resources, a severe food shortage arose in that country and he began to be in need.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And after he had consumed it all, a great famine occurred in that region, and he began to be in need.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

Luke 15:14 Cross References

Luke 15:13

And a few days later, this younger son gathered everything together and traveled to a distant country where he squandered his possessions in wild living.

Luke 15:15

So, he went to work for one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his fields to feed his hogs.