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 said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury. 20At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores. 22“Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried, 23and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his 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 4:11Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.
• Matthew 15:27She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
• Mark 7:28She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”
• John 6:12After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.”

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