At his gate was laid a man named Lazarus, covered with sores — at his gate: the spatial proximity is the moral point. Lazarus is right there — at the gate of the rich man's house, visible from the entrance. Covered with sores communicates his physical condition. Lazarus is the only named character in any of Jesus' parables — the name (Eleazar, God is my help) is the theological statement about his true status.

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