Luke 15:14
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
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- 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.
- Ezek 16:27 : 27 Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.
- Hos 2:9-9 : 9 So I will take away again my grain in its time and my wine, and I will take away my wool and my linen with which her body might have been covered. 10 And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand. 11 And I will put an end to all her joy, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her regular meetings. 12 And I will make waste her vines and her fig-trees, of which she has said, These are the payments which my lovers have made to me; and I will make them a waste of trees, and the beasts of the field will take them for food. 13 And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord. 14 For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.
- Amos 8:9-9 : 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight: 10 Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day. 11 See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord. 12 And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.
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- Luke 15:15-3218 verses85%
15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
16And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
17But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
18I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
19I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
20And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
21And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
22But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:
23And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.
24For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
25Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.
26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.
27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.
28But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.
29But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
30But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
31And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.
32But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
- Luke 15:11-133 verses85%
11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.
13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
- Luke 16:1-55 verses73%
1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
2And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.
3And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
4I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.
5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
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1And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
- Luke 15:3-64 verses72%
3And he made a story for them, saying,
4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
5And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
6And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
- Gen 41:30-312 verses71%
30And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;
31And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
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2And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
- Luke 12:16-172 verses70%
16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
17And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
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13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.
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11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
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3They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
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14As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
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15And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.
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3But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
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23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
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19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
- Matt 18:24-252 verses69%
24And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
25And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
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15And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.
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16And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
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11Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
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54Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.