Luke 16:19–31

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹“Now a certain man was rich, and dressed in purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day. ²⁰And a certain poor man named^c Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate, ²¹and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came and^* licked his sores. ²²Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.^d And the rich man also died and was buried. ²³And in Hades he lifted up his eyes as he^* was in torment and^* saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus at his side.^{e 24}And he called out and^* said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!’ ²⁵But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain. ²⁶And in addition to all these things, a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able to do so,^* nor can they cross over from there to us.’ ²⁷So he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father’s house, ²⁸for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!’ ²⁹But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.’ ³⁰And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent!’ ³¹But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.’ ”