Luke 15:16

The Text-Critical English New Testament

He longed to fill his belly with the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Luke 15:15

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

Luke 15:17

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance of bread, while I perish with hunger!