14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.[a] 15 Then he went to work for[b] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.(A) 16 He longed to eat his fill from[c] the carob pods[d] the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:14 Lit and he began to be in need
  2. Luke 15:15 Lit went and joined with
  3. Luke 15:16 Other mss read to fill his stomach with
  4. Luke 15:16 Seed casings of a tree used as food for cattle, pigs, and sometimes the poor

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