Luke 16:19

The Passion Translation

Jesus continued. “There once was a very rich man who had the finest things imaginable, living every day enjoying his life of opulent luxury.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:24

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts. But the way of life for the fool is his foolishness.

Proverbs 31:22

Her clothing is beautifully knit together — a purple gown of exquisite linen.

Isaiah 3:23

hand mirrors, fine linen garments interwoven with gold and purple, turbans, and long veils.

Ezekiel 16:13

You were decked with gold and silver jewelry and dressed in luxurious linen and rich embroidered cloth. Your meals were feasts, made with the best bread, honey, and oil. You grew more and more beautiful, and you rose to be queen.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, the guilt of your sister Sodom! She and her daughters were arrogant, gluttonous, and lived in carefree complacency. They never thought to help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 27:7

Your sails and banners were of colorful embroidered linen from Egypt. Your deck awnings were made from the finest purple and scarlet cloth from Cyprus.

Mark 15:17

They placed a purple robe on him to make fun of him. Then they braided a victor’s crown, a wreath made of thorns, and set it on his head.

Mark 15:20

When they finished ridiculing him, they took off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to be crucified.

Luke 15:13

Shortly afterward, the younger son packed up all his belongings and traveled off to see the world. He journeyed to a far-off land where he soon wasted all he was given in a binge of extravagant and reckless living.

Luke 16:1

Jesus taught his disciples using this story: “Once a very rich man hired a manager to run his business and oversee all his wealth. But soon a rumor spread that the manager was wasting his master’s money.

Luke 16:18

“It is wrong for you to divorce your wife so that you can marry another—that is adultery. And when you take that one you lusted after as your wife, and contribute to the breakup of her marriage, you commit adultery again.”

Luke 16:20

Outside the gate of his mansion was a poor beggar named Lazarus. He lay there every day, covered with boils, and all the neighborhood dogs would come and lick his open sores. The only food he had to eat was the garbage that the rich man threw away.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was robed in purple and scarlet and was glittering with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She was holding in her hand a golden chalice brimming full with defiling obscenities and the filth of her lewdness.

Revelation 18:16

“How horrible! The great city that once clothed herself with fine linen and purple and scarlet cloth glittering with gold, with jewels and with pearls—

Revelation 18:7

With the same measure she exalted herself and lived luxuriously, give her that measure of torment and grief, because she said in her heart, ‘I am no widow; I rule as a queen! I will never experience grief.’

Judges 8:26

Gideon received gold earrings that weighed seventeen hundred shekels, not including the crescent ornaments, necklaces, and fine purple robes of the kings of Midian, nor the ornamental collars taken from the necks of their camels.