Luke 16:20
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
In Context
Cross References
Job 2:7And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Psalms 73:14And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?
Luke 18:35And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging,
Acts 3:2and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,
James 2:5Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving 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 →