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Luke 15:14

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

KJV

δαπανήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἰσχυρὰ κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην, καὶ αὐτὸς ἤρξατο ὑστερεῖσθαι.

Greek NT

Et postquam omnia consummasset, facta est fames valida in regione illa, et ipse cœpit egere.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δαπανάω
dapanao
verb · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λιμός
limos
noun · 12×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χώρα
chora
noun · 28×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἰσχυρός
ischuros
adjective · 28×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑστερέω
ustereo
verb · 15×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἰσχυρὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἰσχυρὰ | RP: ἰσχυρὸς
  • ἰσχυρὰ — SBLGNT
  • ἰσχυρὰ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἰσχυρὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1439The process of conversion and repentance was described by Jesus in the parable of the prodigal son, the center of which is the merciful father:37 The fascination of illusory freedom, the abandonment of the father's house; the extreme misery in which the son finds himself after squandering his fortune; his deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed swine, and still wors…
§1700The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God (article 1); it is fulfilled in his vocation to divine beatitude (article 2). It is essential to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment (article 3). By his deliberate actions (article 4), the human person does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and attes…
§2839With bold confidence, we began praying to our Father. In begging him that his name be hallowed, we were in fact asking him that we ourselves might be always made more holy. But though we are clothed with the baptismal garment, we do not cease to sin, to turn away from God. Now, in this new petition, we return to him like the prodigal son and, like the tax collector, recognize t…

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
  • Amos 8:9 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
  • Prov 21:20 — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
  • Ps 107:12 — Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.