Luke 16:20
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
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In The King James Version
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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Psalms 73:14for all the day long was I plagued not a morning but I was chastised.
Luke 18:35As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.
Acts 3:2a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by. This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called ‘the Beautiful Gate,’ to beg of those who went in.
James 2:5Listen, my dear friends. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the kingdom which he has 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 →