Luke 16:21

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Berean Standard Bible

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 a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

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Cross References

Mark 7:28“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

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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