Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:21 in other translations
| BSB | and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. |
| YLT | and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores. |
| DARBY | and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores. |
| BBE | Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. |
| Webster | And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. |
What does Luke 16:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:20-21
20-21. laid--having to be carried and put down. full of sores--open, running, "not closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with ointment" (Is 1:6).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 16:19-31
Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression; but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only…
Luke 16:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 16:21
- Matthew 15:27
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Mark 7:28
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
- John 6:12
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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Context
- Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Luke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y deseando hartarse de las migajas que caían de la mesa del rico; y aun los perros venían y le lamían las llagas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et qui désirait de se rassasier des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche; mais les chiens aussi venaient lécher ses ulcères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und er begehrte, sich von den Brosamen zu sättigen, die von dem Tische des Reichen fielen; aber auch die Hunde kamen und leckten seine Geschwüre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cupiens saturari de micis quæ cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat: sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera ejus. |