Luke 15:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ “And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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.

Luke 15:15 Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:22

And in the time of his distress Sovereign Aḥ

Exodus 10:3

And Mosheh and Aharon came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus said יהוה  Elohim of the Heḇ

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be beaten any more? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick, and all the heart faints.

Isaiah 57:17

“For the crookedness of his unfair gain I was wroth and I smote him. I hid Myself and was wroth, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 5:3

O יהוה, are Your eyes not on truth? You have smitten them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive instruction. They made their faces harder than rock, they refused to turn back.

Ezekiel 16:52

“You also, who pleaded for your sisters, bear your own shame, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs. They are more righteous than you. So be ashamed too, and bear your own shame, because you have made your sisters seem righteous.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that you remember. And you shall be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I pardon you for all you have done,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”

Nahum 3:6

“And I shall cast abominations upon you, and treat you as foolish, and make a spectacle of you.

Malachi 2:9

“And I also, I shall make you despised and low before all the people, because you are not guarding My ways, and are showing partiality in the Torah.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is set-apart to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Luke 15:13

“And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered all together, went away to a distant country, and there wasted his goods with loose living.

Luke 15:14

“And when he had spent all, there arose a severe scarcity of food throughout that land, and he began to be in need.

Luke 15:16

“And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods which the pigs were eating, and no one gave to him.

Romans 6:22

But now, having been set free from sin, and having become servants of Elohim, you have your fruit resulting in set-apartness, and the end, everlasting life.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, being hated and hating one another.