<p>15:14 <i>And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want</i>- The prodigal &quot;spent all&quot;, just as the diseased woman had &quot;spent all&quot; her living (Mk. 5:26), and now came to take hold of Christ's mantle of righteousness. This we do at baptism. Other similarities between the prodigal and that widow are to be found in <i>Studies In The Gospels</i> by H.A. Whittaker. It's bankruptcy, or bankruptcy. Paul spoke of spending and being spent in the Lord's service (2 Cor. 12:15), alluding to how the prodigal spent himself in dissipation. That sense of losing all must come- either in sin's service, or in that of the Lord. See on Mt. 3:11.</p>