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Luke 16:20

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

KJV

πτωχὸς δέ τις ὀνόματι Λάζαρος ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ εἱλκωμένος

Greek NT

Et erat quidam mendicus, nomine Lazarus, qui jacebat ad januam ejus, ulceribus plenus,

Vulgate

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

ASV

And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λάζαρος
lazaros
noun · 15×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πτωχός
ptochos
adjective · 34×
πυλών
pulon
noun · 18×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἑλκόω
elkoo
verb · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: τις | WH/Treg/NIV: τις | RP: + ἦν
  • τις — SBLGNT
  • τις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἦν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Λάζαρος | WH/Treg/NIV: Λάζαρος | RP: + ὃς
  • Λάζαρος — SBLGNT
  • Λάζαρος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὃς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1859Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God's law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice. Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart133 do not diminish, but rather increase, the voluntary character of a sin.
§2831But the presence of those who hunger because they lack bread opens up another profound meaning of this petition. the drama of hunger in the world calls Christians who pray sincerely to exercise responsibility toward their brethren, both in their personal behavior and in their solidarity with the human family. This petition of the Lord's Prayer cannot be isolated from the parabl…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210211.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
  • Acts 3:2 — And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
  • Acts 3:2 — And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
  • Isa 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
  • Jas 1:9 — Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
  • Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Job 2:7 — So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
  • Job 2:8 — And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
  • Luke 16:21 — 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 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Luke 18:35 — And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
  • Matt 25:29 — For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
  • Ps 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
  • Rev 16:2 — And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.