Luke 15:16

And he wold fayne have filled his bely with the coddes that the swyne ate: and noo man gave him.

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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 clave to a citesyn of that same countre which sent him to his felde to kepe his swyne.

17Then he came to him selfe and sayde: how many hyred servauntes at my fathers have breed ynough and I dye for honger.

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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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