Luke 15:16

Modern English Version

He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

Cross References

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind and chases after the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and devastation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside so that he cannot deliver his soul, or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see, for there is no one who acknowledges me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Isaiah 57:3

But draw near to here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Psalm 73:22

I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn around and attack you.

Luke 15:15

So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 15:17

“When he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!

Job 30:4

Who pluck mallow by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.