Lukas 12:21

12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, ¹  but is not rich toward God.”

Lukas 16:20

16:20 But at his gate lay ²  a poor man named Lazarus ³  whose body was covered with sores, ⁴ 

[12:21]  ¹ sn It is selfishness that is rebuked here, in the accumulation of riches for himself. Recall the emphasis on the first person pronouns throughout the parable.

[16:20]  ² tn The passive verb ἐβέβλητο (ebeblhto) does not indicate how Lazarus got there. Cf. BDAG 163 s.v. βάλλω 1.b, “he lay before the door”; Josephus, Ant. 9.10.2 (9.209).

[16:20]  ³ sn This is the one time in all the gospels that a figure in a parable is mentioned by name. It will become important later in the account.

[16:20]  ⁴ tn Or “was covered with ulcers.” The words “whose body” are implied in the context (L&N 23.180).