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14 And when he had spent all he had, a [a]mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.

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 [b]filled his belly with the [c]carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:14 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  2. Luke 15:16 Many ancient manuscripts so read.
  3. Luke 15:16 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.

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