Luke 15:16

Good News Translation

He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!

Psalm 142:4

When I look beside me, I see that there is no one to help me, no one to protect me. No one cares for me.

Psalm 73:22

I was as stupid as an animal; I did not understand you.

Isaiah 44:20

It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

Isaiah 57:3

Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.

Lamentations 4:5

People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.

Hosea 12:1

Everything that the people of Israel do from morning to night is useless and destructive. Treachery and acts of violence increase among them. They make treaties with Assyria and do business with Egypt.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs—they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs—they will only trample them underfoot.

Luke 15:15

So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.

Luke 15:17

At last he came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!