The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day. ²⁰ And a poor man named Lazarus ^(A)was laid at his gate, covered with sores, ²¹ and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores. ²² Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to ^[a](B)Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And in ^(C)Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his ^[b]arms. ²⁴ And he cried out and said, ‘^(D)Father 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 ^(E)this flame.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^(F)during 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 ^[c]besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set, so that those who want to go over from here to you will not be able, nor will any people cross over from there to us.’ ²⁷ And he said, ‘Then I request of you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— ²⁸ for I have five brothers—in order that he may ^(G)warn them, so that they will not come to this place of torment as well.’ ²⁹ But Abraham *said, ‘They have ^[d](H)Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ ³⁰ But he said, ‘No, ^(I)father 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.’”

³⁴ And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, ^(A)take up his cross, and follow Me. ³⁵ For ^(B)whoever wants to save his ^[a]life will lose it, but whoever loses his ^[b]life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. ³⁶ For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For what could a person give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For ^(C)whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, ^(D)the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He ^(E)comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

²⁷ Do not ^(A)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for ^(B)eternal life, which ^(C)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, ^(D)has set His ^[a]seal.” ²⁸ Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^(E)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^(F)has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to Him, “^(G)What then are You doing as a ^(H)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? ^31 (I)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘^(J)He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^[b]that which ^(K)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^(L)give us this bread.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “^(M)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(N)will never be thirsty. ³⁶ But ^(O)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. ^37 (P)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. ³⁸ For ^(Q)I have come down from heaven, ^(R)not to do My own will, but ^(S)the will of Him who ^(T)sent Me. ³⁹ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^(U)everything that He has given Me I will ^(V)lose nothing, but will ^(W)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^(X)sees the Son and ^(Y)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^(Z)raise him up on the last day.”

^19 (A)Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you that ^(B)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(C)your grief will be turned into joy! ^21 (D)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[a]pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a ^[b]child has been born into the world. ²² Therefore ^(E)you too have grief now; but ^(F)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³ And ^(G)on that day ^(H)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(I)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ^24 (J)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(K)joy may be made full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^(L)figures of speech; ^(M)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ^26 (N)On that day ^(O)you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for ^(P)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(Q)have believed that ^(R)I came forth from the Father. ^28 (S)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and ^(T)going to the Father.”