Luke 15:16

And he longed to fill himself with the husks that the swine ate; and no one gave to him.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

In Context

15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

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Cross References

Job 30:4They gather purslain among the bushes, And the root of the broom is their bread.

Psalms 142:4I look on my right hand, and behold, But no man knoweth me; Refuge faileth me; No one careth for me.

Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, And your substance for that which doth not satisfy? Listen attentively to me; so shall ye eat that which is good, And your soul shall delight itself with delicacies.

Lamentations 4:5Those that fed on dainties are desolate in the streets; Those that have been brought up in scarlet embrace the dunghill.

Jonah 2:2and said:— I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice.

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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