Luke 16:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ He longed to be fed with scraps that fell from the rich man’s table and even dogs came and licked his sores.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He [eagerly] desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ Lazarus longed to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Instead, dogs would come and lick his sores.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ wanting to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the wealthy man's table. But no one gave it to him. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 16:21 Cross References

Matthew 15:27

But she replied, “Yes, Lord, but even dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owner’s table.”

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have worked and suffered. I have often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, often gone without food [i.e., for spiritual reasons], been cold and had inadequate clothing.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this moment, we [apostles] are hungry and thirsty; we have inadequate clothing; we have been beaten; we do not have a permanent place to live;

John 6:12

And when the people were [all] full, Jesus said to His disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.”

Mark 7:28

But she answered Him, “Yes Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the crumbs dropped by the children.”

Luke 16:20

And a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was full of sores, was laid at the rich man’s doorway.

Luke 16:22

And it happened that the beggar died and [his spirit] was carried away by angels to a place close to Abraham. And the rich man also died and [his body] was buried.