Luke 16:21

Luke 16:21 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
• New King James Version (NKJV)desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Context of Luke 16:21

19“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day. 20And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores. He [eagerly] longed to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried. 23In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).

Luke 16:21 word by word

καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• desiringἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
• to be fedχορτάζωchortazō · to feedG5526
• withἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the crumbsψιχίον, ψίξpsichion · crumbG5589
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• the rich man’sπλούσιοςplousios · richG4145
• tableτράπεζαtrapeza · tableG5132
• moreoverἀλλάalla · butG235
• the dogsκύωνkuōn · dogG2965
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and lickedἀπολείχωapoleichō · to lickG621
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• soresἕλκοςhelkos · soreG1668

Cross-references for Luke 16:21

• 1 Corinthians 4:11To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].
• Matthew 15:27She said, “Yes, Lord; but even the pet dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters’ table.”
• Mark 7:28But she replied, “Yes, Lord, but even the pet dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
• John 6:12When they had eaten enough, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.”

Commentaries on Luke 16:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs - And it is likely this desire was complied with, for it is not intimated that he spurned away the poor man from the gate, or that his suit was rejected. And as we find, Luke 16:24, that the rich man desired that Lazarus should be sent with a little water to him, it is a strong intimation that he considered him under some kind of obligation to him; for, had he refused him a few crumbs in his lifetime, it is not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 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. Here is a godly man, and one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Even the dogs came and licked his sores: This is an image of misery and poverty. In Jewish culture, dogs were seen as unclean animals and scavengers (animals that eat what others leave behind).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:21

• Beggars
• Dead (People)
• Dog (Sodomite?)
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Poor
• Rich, the
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Banquet
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare
• Lazarus
• Poor

Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings