Luke 16:20

while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

In Context

19"There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,

21covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

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Cross References

Luke 18:35As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.

Acts 3:2some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called) of the Temple, for him to beg from the people as they went in.

James 2:5Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not God chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that 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 →

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