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Luke 15:17 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verse 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!Luke 15:17 · King James Version
Luke 15:17 in context
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And 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!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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Key words (Strong's)
- servantsmisthiosemployed for hire, hiredG3407 →
- father'spatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- perishapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- spareperisseuōto exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or…G4052 →
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We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-32