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Luke 15:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger! "
Luke 15:17
Verse in Context
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15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17 But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
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Luke 15:1
"Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him."
Luke 15:2
"The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”"
Luke 15:3
"He told them this parable:"
Luke 15:4
"“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?"
Luke 15:5
"When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing."
Luke 15:6
"When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’"
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