Luke 15:17

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. Read all of Luke 15 · Words of Christ are set in red.

4 songs meet this passage

  • The House That Built Me · Miranda Lambert

    resonates with Luke 15:17

    Like the prodigal son 'coming to himself,' she recognizes she has drifted from her roots and is seeking to remember who she truly is.

  • Kill Yourself V · $uicideboy$

    resonates with Luke 15:17-20

    The ache for a father figure and admission of being lost echoes the prodigal's longing to return home, though here it remains unresolved.

  • “Oh, won't you please take me home?”

    Paradise City · Guns N' Roses

    resonates with Luke 15:17-20

    The repeated plea to be taken home resembles the prodigal's turn toward his father's house, a longing for belonging and rest.

  • “Just tryin' to find my way back home”

    Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake) · T.I.

    resonates with Luke 15:17-20

    The longing to return home after a destructive season echoes the prodigal's turn, though here the father waiting is left undefined.

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