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19 There was a certain rich man who [habitually] clothed himself in purple and fine linen and [a]reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day.

20 And at his gate there [b]was [carelessly] dropped down and left a certain [c]utterly destitute man named Lazarus, [reduced to begging alms and] covered with [[d]ulcerated] sores.

21 He [eagerly] desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:19 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Luke 16:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Luke 16:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Luke 16:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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