Luke 16:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:24

Wisdom can make you rich, but foolishness leads to more foolishness.

Proverbs 31:22

She does her own sewing, and everything she wears is beautiful.

Ezekiel 16:13

Your jewellery was gold and silver, and your clothes were made of only the finest material and embroidered linen. Your bread was baked from fine flour, and you ate honey and olive oil. You were as beautiful as a queen,

Ezekiel 16:49

They were arrogant and spoilt; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 27:7

The builders used fine linen from Egypt for your sails, so everyone could see you. Blue and purple cloth from Cyprus was used to shade your deck.

Mark 15:17

They put a purple robe on him, and on his head they placed a crown that they had made out of thorn branches.

Mark 15:20

When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.

Luke 15:13

Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

Luke 16:1

Jesus said to his disciples: A rich man once had a manager to take care of his business. But he was told that his manager was wasting money.

Luke 16:18

It is a terrible sin for a man to divorce his wife and marry another woman. It is also a terrible sin for a man to marry a divorced woman.

Luke 16:20

But a poor beggar named Lazarus was brought to the gate of the rich man's house.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewellery made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done.

Revelation 18:16

Then they shouted, “Pity the great city of Babylon! She dressed in fine linen and wore purple and scarlet cloth. She had jewellery made of gold and precious stones and pearls.

Revelation 18:7

That woman honoured herself with a life of luxury. Reward her now with suffering and pain. “Deep in her heart Babylon said, ‘I am the queen! Never will I be a widow or know what it means to be sad.’

Judges 8:26

The total weight of this gold was nearly twenty kilogrammes. In addition, there was the gold from the camels' ornaments and from the beautiful jewellery worn by the Midianite kings. Gideon also took their purple robes.