The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen,^(A) feasting lavishly every day. ²⁰ But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.^{(B) 21} He longed to be filled^(C) with what fell from the rich man’s table,^(D) but instead the dogs^(E) would come and lick his sores. ²² One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.^[a](F) The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And being in torment^(G) in Hades,^(H) he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side. ²⁴ ‘Father Abraham!’^(I) he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony^(J) in this flame!’

²⁵ “‘Son,’^[b] Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things,^(K) just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here,^(L) while you are in agony. ²⁶ Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

²⁷ “‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to send him to my father’s house— ²⁸ because I have five brothers—to warn^(M) them, so that they won’t also come to this place of torment.’

²⁹ “But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets;^(N) they should listen to them.’

³⁰ “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

³¹ “But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”^(O)

Warnings from Jesus

17 He^(A) said to his disciples, “Offenses will certainly come,^[a] but woe^(B) to the one through whom they come!^{(C) 2} It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.^{(D) 3} Be^(E) on your guard. If your brother sins,^[b] rebuke^(F) him, and if he repents, forgive^(G) him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Faith and Duty

⁵ The^(H) apostles^(I) said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”^(J)

⁶ “If you have faith the size of^[c] a mustard seed,”^(K) the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

⁷ “Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸ Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?^{(L) 9} Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded?^{[d] 10} In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are unworthy ^(M) servants; we’ve only done our duty.’”