Luke 16:21 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 16:21

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

But the insolence and pride of the wealthy is manifested afterwards by the clearest tokens, for it follows, and no one gave to him. For so unmindful are they of the condition of mankind, that as if placed above nature they derive from the wretchedness of the poor an incitement to their own pleasure, they laugh at the destitute, they mock the needy, and rob those whom they ought to pity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The reason given for the most fearful doom is, I was hungry, and you gave me no meat. I wonder how those rich people who have read the gospel of Christ, and way that they believe it, can be so unconcerned as they often are in the necessities and miseries of the poor and afflicted. [2.] The usage he had from the dogs;

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs - And it is likely this desire was complied with, for it is not intimated that he spurned away the poor man from the gate, or that his suit was rejected.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The parable we have now read, in one respect stands alone in the Bible. It is the only passage of Scripture which describes the feelings of the unconverted after death. For this reason, as well as for many others, the parable deserves especial attention. We learn, firstly, from this parable — that a man's worldly condition is no test of his state in the sight of God. The Lord Jesus describes to us two men — of whom one was very rich, and the other very poor. The one "fared sumptuously every day."

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπιθυμῶν	epithumōn	desiring	G1937 →
χορτασθῆναι	chortasthēnai	to be fed	G5526 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	that	G3588 →
πιπτόντων	piptontōn	falling	G4098 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
τραπέζης	trapezēs	table	G5132 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πλουσίου·	plousiou	rich man;	G4145 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
κύνες	kunes	dogs	G2965 →
ἐρχόμενοι	erchomenoi	coming	G2064 →
ἐπέλειχον	epeleichon	were licking	G621 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἕλκη	helkē	sores	G1668 →
αὐτοῦ.¶	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 7:28
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
leads to
- Romans 10:12
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 3:29
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Through
2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
leads to
- Philippians 4:12
  I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5
  in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9
  Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Through
1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
leads to
- Romans 8:35
  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–27
  Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of…
Through
John 6:12
And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
leads to
- Luke 1:53
  He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke