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.
- 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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Lazarus longs for scraps from the rich man's table while dogs lick his sores, deepening his misery and the rich man's neglect.
Overview
The beggar craves mere crumbs, yet receives nothing from the man of plenty; only the dogs attend him. The detail underscores the rich man's hardness toward suffering at his doorstep. This neglect, not wealth itself, marks his guilt and seals the reversal that follows in death.
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Cross-references · 5
- 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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