SinaiLuke 15:16
World English Bible
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
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Luke 15:16 in other translations
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luke 15:16 in context
- 14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- 15He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
- 16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
- 17But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
- 18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.