Luke 15:16

Easy To Read Version

The son was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food that the pigs were eating. But no person gave him anything.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They pull up salt plants in the desert.\par They eat the roots from the broom tree.\par

Psalm 142:4

I look around,\par and I don’t see any of my friends.\par I have no place to run.\par No person is trying to save me.\par

Isaiah 44:20

That man does not know what he is doing. He is confused, so his heart leads him the wrong way. That man can’t save himself. And he can’t see that he is doing wrong. That man will not say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on something\par that is not real food?\par Why should you work for something\par that does not really satisfy you?\par Listen very closely to me,\par and you will eat the good food.\par You will enjoy the food\par that satisfies your soul.\par

Isaiah 57:3

“Come here you children of witches.\par Your father is guilty of sexual sins,\par and your mother sells her body for sex.\par Come here!\par

Lamentations 4:5

The people that at one time ate rich food\par now are dying in the streets.\par The people that grew up\par wearing nice red clothes\par now pick through garbage piles.\par

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim {\cf2\super [127]} is wasting its time—Israel “chases the wind” all day long. The people tell more and more lies. They steal more and more. They have made agreements with Assyria, and they are carrying their olive oil to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.

Luke 15:15

So he went and got a job with one of the people of that country. The man sent the son into the fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

The boy realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dead because I have nothing to eat.