Luke 16:20

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Job 2:7

Then Satan left the Lord and went on his way. He sent painful sores on Job. They covered him from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

Psalm 34:19

The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.

Psalm 73:14

Day after day I’ve been in pain. God has punished me in a new way every morning.

Isaiah 1:6

There isn’t a healthy spot on your body. You are not healthy from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head. You have nothing but wounds, cuts and open sores. They haven’t been cleaned up or bandaged or treated with olive oil.

Jeremiah 8:22

Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?

Matthew 26:71

Then he went out to the gate leading into the courtyard. There another servant saw him. She said to the people, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

Luke 16:19

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

Luke 16:21

Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.

John 11:1

A man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

Acts 3:2

A man unable to walk was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. He had been that way since he was born. Every day someone put him near the gate. There he would beg from people going into the temple courtyards.

James 1:9

Here’s what believers who are in low positions in life should be proud of. They should be proud that God has given them a high position in the kingdom.

James 2:5

My dear brothers and sisters, listen to me. Hasn’t God chosen those who are poor in the world’s eyes to be rich in faith? Hasn’t he chosen them to receive the kingdom? Hasn’t he promised it to those who love him?

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He lets them sit with princes. He gives them places of honor. “The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord. On them he has set the world.