Luke 16:20
There was also a poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at the rich man's gate, covered with sores.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
In Context
Cross References
Luke 18:35As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those who were entering the temple courts.
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that 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 →