Luke 16:21

Luke chapter 16 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Context

v.20and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

v.21This passage

v.22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Mark 7:28
But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
John 6:12
And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.
Matthew 15:27
But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.