Luke 16:19
“¶ There was a certaine rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared sumptuously euery day.”
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Luke 16:19 Context
17And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile. 18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, & marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoeuer marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 19¶ There was a certaine rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared sumptuously euery day. 20And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of 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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There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- King James Version
"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
- New American Standard Version (1995)