A moment in scripture
Luke 16:19
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There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 16:17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- Luke 16:18
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.