Luke 15:16

New English Translation

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Job 30:4

By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Psalm 73:22

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Isaiah 55:2

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Isaiah 57:3

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. ו (Vav)

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

Luke 15:15

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!