Luke 15:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, but no one gave him a thing.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They gather tasteless shrubs for food and firewood,

Psalm 142:4

Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated you as a wild animal would.

Isaiah 44:20

How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burnt to ashes? No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on what isn't really food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods.

Isaiah 57:3

You people are unfaithful! You go to fortune-tellers, and you worship idols. Now pay close attention!

Lamentations 4:5

All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on rubbish heaps.

Hosea 12:1

All day long Israel chases wind from the desert; deceit and violence are found everywhere. Treaties are made with Assyria; olive oil is taken to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.

Luke 15:15

He went to work for a man in that country, and the man sent him out to take care of his pigs.

Luke 15:17

Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!