“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.
Luke 15:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, he went to work for one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his fields to feed his hogs. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs. American Standard Version (1901) And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Common English Bible He hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. Catholic Public Domain Version And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that region. And he sent him to his farm, in order to feed the swine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. |
“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.
And a few days later, this younger son gathered everything together and traveled to a distant country where he squandered his possessions in wild living.
And when he had spent everything [he had], a severe famine occurred in that country and he became desperate for food.
Now he wanted to fill his stomach with the [carob] pods the hogs were eating, but no one gave him any [or perhaps, anything else].
But now, since you have been freed from [the practice of] sin and have become slaves to God, the benefits you receive are a holy life [here] and never ending life in the future.
For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.