Luke 16:20
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
In Context
19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Cross References
Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Luke 18:35As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised 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 →