We encounter this parable in the Gospel according to Luke: "There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar ...

Outside his front gate lived a poor beggar called Lazarus. The beggar had nothing, but the rich man took no notice of him. When both the rich man and Lazarus died Jesus taught that Lazarus went to ...

At his gate lay a beggar named Lazarus who was covered with sores. Lazarus longed to eat the scraps that fell from the rich ...