The Rich Man and Lazarus
LUKE 16: 19-31 NKJV
19"There
was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously every day.
20 But there
was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid
at his gate,
21 desiring
to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.
Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 So it
was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's
bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 And being
in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 "Then
he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool
my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'
25 But Abraham
said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is
comforted and you are tormented.
26 And besides
all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so
that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can
those from there pass to us.'
27 "Then
he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him
to my father's house,
28 for I
have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also
come to this place of torment.'
29 Abraham
said to him,'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.'
30 And he
said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the
dead, they will repent.'
31 But he
said to him,'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'" |
