World English Bible

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.”

Verse in context — Luke 16

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

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