(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"