Luke 15:16

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods the swine were eating: but no man gave him anything.

Revised King James 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

15And he went and hired himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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