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15 So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.

16 And he would gladly have fed on and [a]filled his belly with the [b]carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].(A)

17 Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:16 Many ancient manuscripts so read.
  2. Luke 15:16 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.

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