Luke 15:16-17 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁶He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

¹⁷Finally 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!

— Luke 15:16-17

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