Luke 16:21

and importunately desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: yea even the dogs came and licked his ulcers.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 pauper, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate covered with ulcers,

22Now it came to pass that the poor man died, and was carried up by angels into the bosom of Abraham. Then the rich man also died, and was buried:

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Cross References

Mark 7:28But she replied, and said to him, True, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

1 Corinthians 4:11For even to this present hour we undergo hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are buffeted about, and have no settled abode;

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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