Luke 16:14-31

English Standard Version

The Law and the Kingdom of God

^14 (A)The Pharisees, who were ^(B)lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^(C)ridiculed him. ¹⁵ And he said to them, “You are those who ^(D)justify yourselves before men, but ^(E)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ^(F)is an abomination in the sight of God.

^16 (G)“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then ^(H)the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and ^(I)everyone forces his way into it.^{[a] 17} But ^(J)it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

Divorce and Remarriage

^18 (K)“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who was clothed in ^(L)purple and fine linen and ^(M)who feasted sumptuously every day. ²⁰ And at his gate ^(N)was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ²¹ who desired to be fed with ^(O)what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² The poor man died and was carried by ^(P)the angels ^(Q)to Abraham's side.^[b] The rich man also died and was buried, ²³ and in ^(R)Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and ^(S)saw Abraham far off and Lazarus ^(T)at his side. ²⁴ And he called out, ^(U)‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and ^(V)cool my tongue, for ^(W)I am in anguish in this flame.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^(X)you 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. ²⁶ And 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.’ ²⁷ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— ²⁸ for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ ²⁹ But Abraham said, ‘They have ^(Y)Moses and the Prophets; ^(Z)let them hear them.’ ³⁰ And he said, ‘No, ^(AA)father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ ³¹ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear ^(AB)Moses and the Prophets, ^(AC)neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”