Luke 16:21

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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

To this day we have gone hungry, thirsty, and ill-clad; we have had rough usage, we have had no home,

through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, often without food, and exposed to cold.

But she said, "O yes, sir! For even dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table!"

But she answered, "True, sir! and still the dogs under the table eat what the children leave!"

When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted."

People went on eating, drinking, marrying, and being married up to the very day that Noah got into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.