Luke 16:19–31

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

²⁰“And a poor man named Lazarus ^awas laid at his gate, covered with sores,

²¹and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

²²“Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to ^aAbraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

²³“In ^aHades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and ^*saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴“And he cried out and said, ‘^aFather Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in ^bthis flame.’

²⁵“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^aduring your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

²⁶‘And ¹besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

²⁷“And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—

²⁸for I have five brothers—in order that he may ^awarn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

²⁹“But Abraham ^*said, ‘They have ^aMoses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

³⁰“But he said, ‘No, ^afather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’

³¹“But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”