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Luke 16:21

Luke 16:21 is verse 21 of Luke chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 16:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Matthew 15:27
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

Mark 7:28
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

John 6:12
And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”