Bible verse
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 16.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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.
ASV
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
ERV
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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