Luke 15:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!”
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“Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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!”
King James Version · Public Domain“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!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 15:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Jeremiah 31:19After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Luke 8:35So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
- Acts 16:29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
- Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
- Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- James 1:16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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