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- Jesus continues telling his parable.
- He went - The word "he" refers to the younger son.
- hired himself out to - This can be translated as "took a job with" or "began to work for."
- one of the citizens of that country - "a man of that country"
- to feed pigs - "to give food to his pigs"
- would gladly have eaten - "wished very much that he could eat"
- bean pods - These are the husks of beans that grow on the carob tree. This can be translated as "carob pods" or "pods" or "bean husks."