Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Rich Man And Lazarus: What God Values Is What Matters

¹⁹ “Now there was a certain rich man. And he was dressing himself in purple and fine-linen, radiantly enjoying-himself daily. ²⁰ And a certain poor man, Lazarus by name, had been put at his gate— having been covered-with-sores, ²¹ and desiring to be filled-to-satisfaction by the things falling from the table of the rich man. Even^[a] indeed the dogs coming were licking his sores. ²² And it came about that the poor man died and he was carried-away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And having lifted-up his eyes in Hades while being in torments, he sees Abraham from a-distance, and Lazarus in his bosom^[b]. ²⁴ And he, having called, said, ‘Father Abraham, have-mercy-on me and send Lazarus in order that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool-off my tongue, because I am suffering-pain in this flame’. ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus the bad things. But now, here, he is being comforted and you are suffering-pain. ²⁶ And in all these regions, a great chasm has been fixed^[c] between us and you^[d], so that the ones wanting to cross from here to you are not able, nor may they cross-over from there to us’. ²⁷ And he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, that you send him to the house of my father— ²⁸ for I have five brothers— so that he may solemnly-warn them in order that they also might not come to this place of torment’. ²⁹ But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen-to them’. ³⁰ But the one said, ‘No, 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, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises-up from the dead’”.