Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
A Conservative Version
And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
American Standard Version
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, he went to work for one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his fields to feed his hogs.
Anderson New Testament
And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Bible in Basic English
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
Common New Testament
So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he was reduced to want, which forc'd him to make his application to one of the inhabitants there, who sent him to his farm to look after his swine.
Darby Translation
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Godbey New Testament
And having gone he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country: and he sent him into his fields to feed swine:
Goodspeed New Testament
And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
John Wesley New Testament
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields, to feed swine.
Julia Smith Translation
And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into the fields to feed swine.
King James 2000
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Modern King James verseion
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country. And he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.
Moffatt New Testament
so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine.
NET Bible
So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
New Heart English Bible
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Noyes New Testament
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Sawyer New Testament
And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine.
The Emphasized Bible
And he went his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Webster
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Weymouth New Testament
So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
Williams New Testament
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, and he sent him to his fields to feed hogs.
World English Bible
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Worrell New Testament
And, going his way, he attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Worsley New Testament
And he went and let himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Youngs Literal Translation
and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
Themes
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The prodigal son and his older brother
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Parables » Parables of Christ » Prodigal son
Select readings » The parable of the prodigal son
Salvation » Jesus Christ coming to save
Servant » Hired » The rebellious son
Swine » Herding of, considered as the greatest degradation to a jew
Interlinear
Kollao
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 15:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Lost Son
14 "After he had spent everything there came a terrible famine in the land, and he began to be in want. 15 "So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine. 16 "And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
Names
Cross References
Luke 8:32-34
Now there was a great herd of swine feeding on the hillside, and the demons begged him to give them leave to enter them. He gave them leave.
Luke 15:13
"Not many days after that the younger son gathered everything together and took his journey into a distant country; and there he wasted his money on living unsavingly.
Romans 1:24-26
So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites,
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 4:17-19
This then I tell you and implore you in the Master's name, to pass your lives no longer as the Gentiles do in the perverseness of their minds;
Ephesians 5:11-12
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness, but rather expose them.
Colossians 3:5-7
So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
He must be gentle when instructing opponents; for possibly God may give them a change of mind for the recognition of the truth,
Titus 3:3
For we were ourselves once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, passing our lives in malice and envy. We were hateful, and we hated one another.
Revelation 2:21-22
I have given her time for repentance; but she is determined not to turn from her immorality.