Luke 16:19

There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

18Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.

20Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,

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Cross References

Mark 15:20and, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the purple robe, and put his own clothes on him.

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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