Luke 15:16

And he had a desire to fill his belly with those karubs which the swine did eat; and no man gave to him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 sons of the city of that place; and he sent him into the field to tend the swine.

17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hirelings are there now in my father's house, who have abundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

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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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