Give Everything You Have Particularly When You Have Very Little

This is a portrayal of the parable of Lazarus
and Dives (Luke Ch 16 V 19-31). It can be seen
in the Museum of Romanesque Art in Barcelona.

It is a wall-painting from the celebrated church
of San Clemente in Tahull (Lléida). It shows
 Lazarus in a strange perspective with his crutch.
The sores his feet are being washed by some
kind of long-legged dog. Maybe a collie
greyhound cross, a lurcher. The New Testament
says nothing about fictional breeds of dogs.

  When Jesus shared the parable with his audience
he would have said that the spit and tongue
of the dog were it's sole wealth and then
asked his audience how wealthy Dives was,
pointing out real life people like Dives, and 
asking where did it get them? Washing the feet 
of guests is mentioned often in the Old Testament.
Jesus using the the example of an 'unclean'
animal doing a pious act on a man looked down on
would have offended and confused many.
  
The image of washing the feet of the poor
prefigured Jesus washing the feet of his disciples
 as part of the rituals that were part of The Last Supper,
before his trail, his death and his resurrection.