Luke 15:16

And he used to long to be filled with the pods which the swine were eating; and, no man, was giving unto him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine.

17But coming, to himself, he said—How many hired servants of my father, have bread enough and to spare, whereas, I, with famine, here, am perishing!

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Cross References

Job 30:4Who used to pluck off the mallow by the bushes, with the root of the broom for their food;

Psalms 142:4Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard,—Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

Isaiah 55:2Wherefore should ye spend, Money, for that which is not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And, so eat that which is good, And let your soul take exquisite delight in fatness:

Lamentations 4:5They who used to eat delicacies, are deserted in the streets,—They who used to be carried on crimson, have embraced heaps of refuse.

Jonah 2:2and said—I cried—out of my distress—unto Yahweh, and he answered me,—Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice.

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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