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Luke 15:17
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“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
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KJV
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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!
ESV
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"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
NLT
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“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
MSG
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"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.
CSB
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When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
Luke 15:17 In-Context
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So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
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He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
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“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
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I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
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