en_tn_condensed/luk/15/17.md

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# came to himself
This idiom means he realized what the truth was, that he had made a terrible mistake. Alternate translation: "clearly understood his situation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread
This is part of an exclamation, and not a question. Alternate translation: "All my father's hired servants have more than enough bread to eat"
# bread
This is a synecdoche for any kind and all kinds of food. Alternate translation: "food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# perishing from hunger
This is probably not an exaggeration. Jesus may have meant that the young man in his parable was actually starving then.
# perishing
"dying" or "being destroyed"