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.
Parallel translations
- KJV And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- 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.
- ESV who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- NKJV desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- NASB and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores.
- NLT As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.
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- Matt 15:27But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
- Mark 7:28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
- John 6:12When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”
- 2 Cor 11:27in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
- 1 Cor 4:11Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
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