KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 16:20–21
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Luke 16:20
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
20And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores,
Luke 16:21
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
21And desiring to bee fed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans table: moreouer the dogges came and licked his sores.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 16:20
Sure, definite, established, or particular though not specifically named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One who begs or depends upon alms.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Called; denominated; designated by name.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Painful, grievous, severe, or very great; also a wound or tender place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Luke 16:21
Wishing for; coveting; asking; expressing a wish; soliciting.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A flat surface or board; a place for food; a written tablet or list, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Domesticated canine animals; also a figurative term of contempt for shameless, unclean, or hostile persons.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To lap; to take in by the tongue.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Painful, grievous, severe, or very great; also a wound or tender place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study2And 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;
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Open the full verse study5Hearken, 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?
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Open the full verse study7¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study8He 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’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
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Open the full verse study6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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Open the full verse study9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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Open the full verse study21And 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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Open the full verse study19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
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Open the full verse study22Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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Open the full verse study1NOW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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Open the full verse study35¶ And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
39And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
40And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
41Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
43And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
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Open the full verse study14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
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Open the full verse study12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
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Open the full verse study28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
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Open the full verse study11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
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Open the full verse study27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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