Luke 15:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Luke 15:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 15:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 — World English Bible
Luke 15:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! ”
Luke 15:17 — American Standard Version
Luke 15:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!”
Luke 15:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 15:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine. ”
Luke 15:17 — Darby Translation
Luke 15:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then he came to him selfe, and said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?”
Luke 15:17 — Geneva Bible
Luke 15:17 in Context — Luke 15
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
What Does Luke 15:17 Mean?
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