Luke 16:20
A beggar named Lazarus used to sit at his gate, covered in sores,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
In Context
21longing to eat the leftovers from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Cross References
Job 2:7Then Satan left the Lord's presence and inflicted Job with horrible skin sores from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
Psalms 73:14I'm cursed with suffering all day long; every morning I'm punished.
Jeremiah 8:22Isn't there any ointment from Gilead to help heal them? Aren't there any doctors there? So why haven't my people been healed from their wounds?
Luke 18:35As Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting beside the road begging.
Acts 3:2A man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day he was placed beside the Temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
James 2:5Listen, my dear friends: Didn't God choose those who the world considers poor to be rich in their trust in him, and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
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 →