Luke 16:19

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

Luke 16:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
ESV
19 "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
NLT
19 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.
MSG
19 "There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption.
CSB
19 "There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

Luke 16:19 In-Context

17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

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