Luke 16:20
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
- KJV
- And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- WEB
- A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
- ASV
- and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- DARBY
- And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
- BLB
- And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, being full of sores
- ÅB
- Men der var en fattig mann ved navn Lasarus, som var kastet for hans port, full av sår,
- OTB
- Ved porten hans lå en fattig mann ved navn Lasarus, dekket med sår,
- B1930
- Men der var en fattig mann ved navn Lasarus, som var kastet for hans port, full av sår,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:2
And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextJob 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Read in contextPsalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in contextJames 1:9
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Read in contextLuke 16:21
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:6
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
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