Luke 16:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.

Luke 16:21 Cross References

Matthew 15:27

She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Mark 7:28

But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

Luke 16:20

And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

Luke 16:22

The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

John 6:12

When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.”

1 Corinthians 4:11

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are naked and beaten and homeless,

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked.