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

19Jesus then said, ‘At one time, there was a rich man who wore very expensive clothes. This rich man ate big meals every day. 20There was also a poor man called Lazarus. He had sores all over his body. He lay outside the gate of the rich man. He was very hungry. He wanted to eat the bits of food that the rich man threw away. Even the dogs came and they tasted the sores on his body. 22Then Lazarus died and God's angels carried him away. They put him at the side of Abraham in heaven. The rich man then also died and his family buried him in the ground. 23He went to Hades, the place for dead people. He was in a lot of pain there. He saw Abraham far away in heaven. He also saw Lazarus at Abraham's side.

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 4:11Until now, we continue to be hungry and thirsty. Our clothes have become old. Sometimes people hit us for no reason. We do not have our own homes.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27I have worked very hard, and I have been in pain. Many times I have not slept. I have often been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have had no food. I have often been cold and without enough clothes.
• Matthew 15:27The woman replied to Jesus. ‘Yes sir, that is true. But even the dogs eat the small pieces of food that fall from their master's table.’
• Mark 7:28The woman replied, ‘Yes, sir. That is true. But small pieces of food drop while the children eat. And the dogs under the table eat those pieces.’
• John 6:12When everyone had eaten enough food, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Do not waste anything. Pick up all the little bits of food that people have not eaten.’

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