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.
KJV
καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
cupiens saturari de micis quæ cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat : sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera ejus.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀπὸ — SBLGNT
- ἀπὸ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τῶν ψιχίων — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐπέλειχον — SBLGNT
- ἐπέλειχον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπέλειχον — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
5 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…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:11 — Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
- John 6:12 — When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
- Luke 16:20 — And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Mark 7:28 — And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
- Matt 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Matt 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.