Luke 15:16

"And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

Montgomery New Testament

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

15"So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine.

17"When he came to himself he said. "‘How many of my father’s hired men have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing of hunger!

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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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