Luke 15:16

14 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

17 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

18 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
og hans attrå var å fylle sin buk med de skolmer som svinene spiste, og ingen gav ham noe.
OTB
Han ønsket å fylle magen med belgene som svinene spiste, men ingen ga ham noe.
B1930
og hans attrå var å fylle sin buk med de skolmer som svinene åt, og ingen gav ham noget.
BSB
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
KJV
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
WEB
He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
ASV
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
DARBY
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
BLB
And he was desiring to fill his belly from the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving to him.

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Kryssreferanser

  • Romans 6:19–21

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

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  • Hosea 12:1

    Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

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  • Isaiah 44:20

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

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  • Lamentations 4:5

    Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

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  • Jonah 2:2–8

    saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

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  • Isaiah 55:2

    Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

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  • Psalms 142:4

    Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

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  • Psalms 73:22

    I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

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