King James Version (KJV)

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.›”

Verse in context — Luke 16

‹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:›

‹And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,›

‹And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.›

‹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;›

‹And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.›

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