Luke 16:20

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“And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores”

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BSBPD

“And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 16:20 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  2. Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  3. Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  4. Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
  5. Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
  6. Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  7. Luke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
  8. Luke 18:35As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
  9. John 11:1At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
  10. Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  11. James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
  12. James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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