Luke 15:16 - The Scriptures 2009

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

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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

Job 30:4

They pluck salt herbs by the bushes, and broom tree roots for their food.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right hand and see, And no one is concerned for me; No refuge remains to me; No one inquires after my being.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward You.

Isaiah 44:20

Feeding on ashes, a deceived heart turns him aside, and he does not deliver his being, nor says, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the whore!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who ate delicacies Have been laid waste in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Have embraced dunghills.

Hosea 12:1

Ephrayim is feeding on wind, and pursuing an east wind. All the day he increases falsehood and ruin. And they make a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is sent to Mitsrayim.

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 15:15

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

Luke 15:17

But having come to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger!”