Luke 16:21

and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

In Context

20And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores:

22And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and was carried by angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried;

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Cross References

Mark 7:28She answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yet you can help me, for the little dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

1 Corinthians 4:11Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and are maltreated, and wander about without a home,

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:20-31

The Rich Man and Lazarus. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up… Read the whole commentary →

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