Luke 15:16

New Century Version

The son was so hungry that he wanted to eat the pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They gathered desert plants among the brush and ate the root of the broom tree.

Psalm 142:4

Look around me and see. No one cares about me. I have no place of safety; no one cares if I live.

Psalm 73:22

I was senseless and stupid. I acted like an animal toward you.

Isaiah 44:20

He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way. He cannot save himself or say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

Isaiah 57:3

“Come here, you magicians! Come here, you children of prostitutes and those who take part in adultery!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.

Hosea 12:1

What Israel does is as useless as chasing the wind; he chases the east wind all day. They tell more and more lies and do more and more violence. They make agreements with Assyria, and they send a gift of olive oil to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls before pigs. Pigs will only trample on them, and dogs will turn to attack you.

Luke 15:15

So he got a job with one of the citizens there who sent the son into the fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

When he realized what he was doing, he thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dying with hunger.