22 The poor man died and was carried by (A)the angels (B)to Abraham's side.[a] The rich man also died and was buried,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:22 Greek bosom; also verse 23

24 (A)He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we (B)might die to sin and (C)live to righteousness. (D)By his wounds you have been healed.

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13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: (A)Blessed are the dead (B)who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, (C)“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

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16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
17 (A)For when he dies he will (B)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself (C)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19 his soul will (D)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again (E)see light.

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11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and (A)withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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32 (A)The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing,
    but (B)the righteous finds refuge in his death.

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23 (A)One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table (B)at Jesus' side,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 13:23 Greek in the bosom of Jesus

36 (A)For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

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Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (A)the holy place and were (B)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)

those who (A)trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
Truly no man (B)can ransom another,
    or (C)give to God (D)the price of his life,
for (E)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
that he should live on forever
    and (F)never see the pit.

10 For he sees (G)that even the wise die;
    (H)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and (I)leave their wealth to others.
11 Their (J)graves are their homes forever,[a]
    their dwelling places (K)to all generations,
    though they (L)called lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp (M)will not remain;
    (N)he is like the beasts that perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever

14 Are they not all ministering spirits (A)sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to (B)inherit salvation?

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31 And (A)he will send out his angels with a loud (B)trumpet call, and they will (C)gather (D)his elect from (E)the four winds, (F)from one end of heaven to the other.

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The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost

Israel's Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous man perishes,
    and no one lays it to heart;
(A)devout men are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
    (B)he enters into peace;
they rest (C)in their beds
    who walk in their uprightness.

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11 (A)For he will command his (B)angels concerning you
    to (C)guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you (D)strike your foot against a stone.

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13 They (A)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (B)peace they go down to (C)Sheol.

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14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (A)partook of the same things, that (B)through death he might (C)destroy (D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

20 Peter turned and saw (A)the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, (B)the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”

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20 But God said to him, (A)‘Fool! (B)This night (C)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (D)whose will they be?’

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38 The field is the world, and the good seed is (A)the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are (B)the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. (C)The harvest is (D)the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds (E)are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at (F)the end of the age. 41 (G)The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all (H)causes of sin and (I)all law-breakers, 42 (J)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (K)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then (L)the righteous will shine like the sun (M)in the kingdom of their Father. (N)He who has ears, let him hear.

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11 I tell you, (A)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

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16 What have you to do here, and whom have you here, (A)that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you (B)who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?

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18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
    each in his own tomb;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:18 Hebrew house

18 Truly you set them in (A)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
19 How they are destroyed (B)in a moment,
    swept away utterly by (C)terrors!
20 Like (D)a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when (E)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

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30 that (A)the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
    that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
31 Who declares his way (B)to his face,
    and who (C)repays him for what he has done?
32 When he is (D)carried to the grave,
    watch is kept over his tomb.

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