And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in need. Then he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself, he said: How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants. Luke 15:14-19