Luke 15:17
Good News Translation
At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!

New Revised Standard Version
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!

Contemporary English Version
Finally, he came to his senses and said, "My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!

New American Bible
Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger!

when.

Luke 8:35 And they went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Luke 16:23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:

Psalm 73:20 As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

Jeremiah 31:19 For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth.

Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities which he hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die.

Acts 2:37 Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?

Acts 16:29 Then calling for a light, he went in: and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.

Acts 16:30 And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?

Acts 26:11-19 And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. . . .

Ephesians 2:4,5 But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us . . .

Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

Titus 3:4-6 But when the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared: . . .

James 1:16-18 Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. . . .

How.

Luke 15:18,19 I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. . . .

Lamentations 1:7 Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old, when her people fell in the enemy's hand, and there was no helper; the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.

Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger! 18I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee.…
Cross References
Psalm 119:59
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Hosea 2:7
And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them: and she shall seek them, and shall not find, and she shall say: I will go, and return to my first husband: because it was better with me then than now.

Luke 15:16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Luke 15:18
I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee.

Acts 12:11
And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Luke 15:16
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