Luke 15:16
He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
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- Ps 142:4 : 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
- Lam 4:5 : 5 ה(He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.
- Rom 6:19-21 : 19 (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
- Ps 73:22 : 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.
- Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.
- Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. 3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. 4 I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! 5 Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God. 7 When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. 8 Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
- Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
- Isa 55:2 : 2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
- Isa 57:3 : 3 But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!
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- Luke 15:11-155 verses90%
11 The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
12 The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.
13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
- Luke 15:17-215 verses89%
17 But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’
20 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
21 Then his son said to him,‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
- Luke 16:19-213 verses74%
19 The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
20 But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
21 who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Luke 15:2-32 verses74%
2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
- Mark 5:10-123 verses73%
10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
11 There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.
12 And the demonic spirits begged him,“Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”
- Luke 15:28-314 verses73%
28 But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,
29 but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31 Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
- Matt 8:30-323 verses73%
30 A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.
31 Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 And he said,“Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.
- Luke 8:32-343 verses73%
32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.
33 So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.
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14 Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
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16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
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26 So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
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3 Then the manager said to himself,‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.
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16 He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
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15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”
16 But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
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1 The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.
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7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
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36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”
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23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
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42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.
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2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
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10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
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5 So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
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27 So the rich man said,‘Then I beg you, father– send Lazarus to my father’s house
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15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
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3 But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
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29 The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.