Luke 16:21

He longed to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

In Context

20There was also a poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at the rich man's gate, covered with sores.

22Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side, and the rich man also died and was buried.

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Cross References

Mark 7:28She answered him, “ Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.”

1 Corinthians 4:11To the present hour we hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.

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 →

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