Luke 15:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim is wasting its time; Israel “chases the wind” all day long. The people tell more and more lies and steal more and more. They have made agreements with Assyria, and they are carrying their olive oil to Egypt.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who ate rich food are now dying in the streets. Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes now pick through garbage piles.

Isaiah 44:20

Someone like that is deceived. They don’t know what they are doing. They cannot save themselves, and they will not admit, “This statue I am holding is a lie!”

Psalm 142:4

I look around, and I don’t see anyone I know. I have no place to run. There is no one to save me.

Isaiah 57:3

“Come here, you children of witches. Your father committed adultery, and your mother was unfaithful.

Isaiah 55:2

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

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give something that is holy 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 who lived there. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

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

Job 30:4

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