Luke 16:21
and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
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- Matt 15:27 : 27 And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'
- Mark 7:28 : 28 And she answered and saith to him, `Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'
- John 6:12 : 12 And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'
- 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
- 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;
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22 `And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;
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25 `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
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