Luke 15:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine were eating, and no one gave him anything.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better]. [Jer. 30:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He longed to eat his fill from what the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he wanted to fill his belly with the scraps that the swine ate. But no one would give it to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

Luke 15:16 Cross References

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Luke 15:15

Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 15:17

But having come to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, and I am perishing with hunger!