Devine Scripture

Luke 15:16

Luke chapter 15 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Context

v.15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

v.16This passage

v.17But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 55:2

    Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  • Psalms 142:4

    Look onmy right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

  • Romans 6:19

    I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

  • Hosea 12:1

    Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  • Isaiah 57:3

    But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

  • Psalms 73:22

    So brutish was I, and ignorant; I wasasa beast before thee.