Luke 16:21

just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick his sores!

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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 beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,

22In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and was buried.

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Cross References

Mark 7:28So she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.”

1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty; we are poorly dressed, brutally treated, and wander 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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