A moment in scripture
Luke 16:21
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Luke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Luke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.