Luke 15:16

He would gladly have eaten the carob pods that the pigs ate, because no one gave him anything.

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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

15He went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

17But when the young son came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough food, and I am here, dying from hunger!

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Cross References

Job 30:4They plucked saltwort and bushes' leaves; 1 the roots of the broom tree were their food. 1

Psalms 142:4I look to my right and and see 1 that there is no one who cares about me. 1 There is no escape for me; 1 no one cares about my life. 1

Isaiah 55:2Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and why do you labor for what does not satisfy? 1 Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness. 1

Lamentations 4:5Those who used to feast on the finest food now starve in the streets. 1 Those who were brought up wearing scarlet clothing now lie on piles of ashes. 1

Jonah 2:2He said, 1 “I called out to Yahweh about my distress 1 and he answered me; 1 from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help! 1 You heard my voice. 1

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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