“And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.”
Luke 15:15 (KJV) |
Luke 15:15
From Luke 15, in the Book of Luke (New Testament).
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And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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!