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The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:20

In 9 translations

BSB
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
KJV
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
WEB
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
ASV
and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
LSV
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
YLT
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
DBY
And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
DRC
And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
GNV
Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἦν (“was”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὃς (“who”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of εἱλκωμένος: Textus Receptus: ἡλκωμένος.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: τις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τις; Robinson–Pierpont add ἦν.
  • SBLGNT: Λάζαρος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Λάζαρος; Robinson–Pierpont add ὃς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πτωχὸς δέ τις ὀνόματι Λάζαρος ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ εἱλκωμένος
RP2018
Πτωχὸς δέ τις ἦν ὀνόματι Λάζαρος, ὃς ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ἡλκωμένος
TR-Boyd
Πτωχὸς δέ τις ἦν ὀνόματι Λάζαρος, ὃς ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ἡλκωμένος
SCR1894
πτωχος δε τις ην ονοματι λαζαρος ος εβεβλητο προς τον πυλωνα αυτου ηλκωμενος

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👤 Lazarus◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  • James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
  • Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  • 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
  • Luke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
  • Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
  • Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  • James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
  • Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
  • Luke 18:35–43As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. So he called out,…
  • Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  • John 11:1At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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