And longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores — longing to eat the crumbs from the table: the Great Banquet parable's invitation to the poor, crippled, blind, and lame — Lazarus is that person, right outside the rich man's gate, wanting crumbs. The dogs who lick his sores communicate his complete vulnerability — the scavenging animals have more physical contact with him than the rich man who passes by daily.

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