King James Version (KJV)

Luke 15:16

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

Verse in context — Luke 15

14

‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.›

15

‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.›

16

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

17

‹And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!›

18

‹I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,›

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