Luke 16:14-31

New International Version

¹⁴ The Pharisees, who loved money,^(A) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.^{(B) 15} He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves^(C) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.^(D) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Additional Teachings

¹⁶ “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.^(E) Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached,^(F) and everyone is forcing their way into it. ¹⁷ It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.^(G)

¹⁸ “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.^(H)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.^{(I) 20} At his gate was laid a beggar^(J) named Lazarus, covered with sores ²¹ and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.^(K) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²² “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. ²⁴ So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,^(L) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’^(M)

²⁵ “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,^(N) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.^{(O) 26} And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

²⁷ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, ²⁸ for I have five brothers. Let him warn them,^(P) so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

²⁹ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses^(Q) and the Prophets;^(R) let them listen to them.’

³⁰ “‘No, father Abraham,’^(S) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

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