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Luke 16:21 KJV
Luke · chapter 16 · verse 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.Luke 16:21 · King James Version
Luke 16:21 in context
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And 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;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desiringepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
- moreoverallabut, nevertheless, notwithstanding, an objection, an exception, a restriction, nay…G235 →
- moreoverkaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- crumbspsichiona little morsel, a crumbG5589 →
- man'splousioswealthy, abounding in material resources, metaph. abounding, abundantly supplied…G4145 →
- tabletrapezaa table, a table on which food is placed, an eating place, the table in the temple at…G5132 →
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As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets before us the wrath to come, and is designed for our awakening; and very fast asleep those are in sin that will not be awakened by it. The Pharisees made a jest of Christ's sermon against worldliness;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31