Luke 16:21

and desired to fill his belly with the crumbs which fell from the table of that rich. And also the dogs came and licked his wounds.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

20And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Loózar; and he lay at the gate of him who was rich, bruised with wounds,

22Now that poor man died, and angels conducted him to the bosom of Abraham: but that rich man also died, and was buried.

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Cross References

Mark 7:28But she answering said to him, Yes, my Lord, yet the dogs also from beneath the table eat the crumbs of the children.

1 Corinthians 4:11Until this hour we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and have no fixed dwelling;

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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