19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.


In Context

16 The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

17 But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

18 Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

19 Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

20 And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores,

21 and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

Luke 16:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:19"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19|Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: