Luke 16:19

Now there was a certain oisher (rich man). He was dressed in purple and fine linen, and yom yom (daily) he feasted sumptuosly and every day for him was to make a simcha. + 16:19 Ezek 16:49

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

In Context

18Anyone giving the get to his isha and taking another wife commits ni'uf (adultery), and the one marrying a gerusha (divorcee) commits ni'uf (adultery).

20And there was a certain ish oni (poor man) covered with sores, El'azar by name, who had been laid at the oisherʼs sha'ar (gate).

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Cross References

Esther 8:15And Mordechai went out from the presence of HaMelech in levush malkhut (royal robe, clothing) of blue and white, and with an ateret zahav gedolah (a great crown of gold), and with a tachrich (garment, robe), + 8:15 See Mt 27:59 of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan celebrated and rejoiced.

Psalms 73:3For I had kina (envy) of the holelim (arrogant ones), 1 when I saw the shalom of the resha'im. 1

Isaiah 3:23the hand mirrors, and the sedinim (linen coverings), and the tzenifot (turbans), and the veils. 1

Ezekiel 16:49Hinei, this was the avon Sodom thy achot; ga'on (pride), over fullness of lechem, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her banot, neither did she strengthen the yad of the oni (poor) and evyon (needy).

Amos 6:4That lie upon beds of ivory, 1 and stretch themselves upon their couches, 1 and eat the lambs out of the tzon, 1 and the calves from the stall; 1

Mark 15:20After mocking him, they stripped him of [royal] purple and clothed him in his garments. And they lead him out that they might make him be talui al HaEtz (being hanged on the Tree). + 15:20 Dt 21:23

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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