Luke 16:19–31

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹“There was a rich man who was clothed in ^epurple and fine linen and ^fwho feasted sumptuously every day. ²⁰And at his gate ^gwas laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ²¹who desired to be fed with ^hwhat fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²²The poor man died and was carried by ⁱthe angels ^jto Abraham’s side.⁶ The rich man also died and was buried, ²³and in ^kHades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and ^lsaw Abraham far off and Lazarus ^jat his side. ²⁴And he called out, ^m‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and ⁿcool my tongue, for ^oI am in anguish in this flame.’ ²⁵But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^pyou in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. ²⁶And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ ²⁷And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— ²⁸for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ ²⁹But Abraham said, ‘They have ^qMoses and the Prophets; ^rlet them hear them.’ ³⁰And he said, ‘No, ^sfather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ ³¹He said to him, ‘If they do not hear ^qMoses and the Prophets, ^tneither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”