(Jesus continues telling his parable.) ## packed up ## "packed his things" or "put his things in his bag" ## with wildly extravagant living ## This can be translated as "by spending all his money on things he did not need." ## There a great famine happened ## "There was a severe famine" (UDB) or "there was not enough food" ## famine ## A famine is a time when there is little food. Often it is the result of little rain and the failure of crops to grow well. ## to be in need ## "to lack what he needed" or "to not have enough"