Luke 15:16
“And he would faine haue filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him.”
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Luke 15:16 Context
14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he beganne to be in want. 15And he went and ioyned himselfe to a citizen of that countrey, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16And he would faine haue filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him. 17And when he came to himselfe, he said, How many hired seruants of my fathers haue bread inough and to spare, and I perish with hunger? 18I will arise and goe to my father, and will say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen and before thee.
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And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- King James Version
"And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving {anything} to him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)