Luke 16:19

New International Reader's Version

“Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.

Cross References

Esther 8:15

Mordecai left the king and went on his way. Mordecai was wearing royal clothes when he went. They were blue and white. He was also wearing a large gold crown. And he was wearing a purple coat. It was made out of fine linen. The city of Susa celebrated with great joy.

Proverbs 14:24

The wealth of wise people is their crown. But the foolish ways of foolish people lead to what is foolish.

Proverbs 31:22

She makes her own bed coverings. She is dressed in fine linen and purple clothes.

Isaiah 3:23

and mirrors. And he’ll take away their linen clothes, turbans and shawls.

Ezekiel 16:13

So you were decorated with gold and silver. Your clothes were made out of fine linen. They were made out of expensive and beautiful cloth. Your food was made out of honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful. You became a queen.

Ezekiel 16:49

“Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.

Ezekiel 27:7

Your sail was made out of beautiful Egyptian linen. It served as your banner. Your shades were made out of blue and purple cloth. They were from the coasts of Elishah.

Mark 15:17

The soldiers put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head.

Mark 15:20

After they had made fun of him, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to nail him to a cross.

Luke 15:13

“Not long after that, the younger son packed up all he had. Then he left for a country far away. There he wasted his money on wild living.

Luke 16:1

Jesus told his disciples another story. He said, “There was a rich man who had a manager. Some said that the manager was wasting what the rich man owned.

Luke 16:18

“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. Also, the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:20

A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and bright red. She was gleaming with gold, jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup filled with things that God hates. It was filled with her terrible, dirty sins.

Revelation 18:16

They will cry out, “ ‘How terrible! How terrible it is for you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and bright red! How terrible for you, great city, gleaming with gold, jewels and pearls!

Revelation 18:7

Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself, ‘I rule on a throne like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never mourn.’ (Isaiah 47:7,8)

Judges 8:26

The weight of the gold rings Gideon asked for was 43 pounds. That didn’t include the moon-shaped necklaces the kings of Midian had worn. It didn’t include their other necklaces or their purple clothes. And it didn’t include the gold chains that had been on the necks of their camels.