Luke 15:14 (YLT)

Passage

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

Nearby Context

Luke 15:12 and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.

Luke 15:13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

Luke 15:14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

Luke 15:15 and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

Luke 15:16 and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "spent", "came", "mighty", "famine", "country", "himself", and "began". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "spent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And not many days after having gathered..." into verse 15's "and having gone on he joined himself...", so "having" and "spent" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "spent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.