16:14 The Pharisees 4 (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed 5 him. 16:15 But 6 Jesus 7 said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, 8 but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized 9 among men is utterly detestable 10 in God’s sight.
16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force 11 until John; 12 since then, 13 the good news of the kingdom of God 14 has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. 15 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter 16 in the law to become void. 17
16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries 18 someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple 19 and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously 20 every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay 21 a poor man named Lazarus 22 whose body was covered with sores, 23 16:21 who longed to eat 24 what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs 25 came and licked 26 his sores.
16:22 “Now 27 the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. 28 The 29 rich man also died and was buried. 30 16:23 And in hell, 31 as he was in torment, 32 he looked up 33 and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. 34 16:24 So 35 he called out, 36 ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus 37 to dip the tip of his finger 38 in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish 39 in this fire.’ 40 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, 41 remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 42 16:26 Besides all this, 43 a great chasm 44 has been fixed between us, 45 so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So 46 the rich man 47 said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus 48 to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn 49 them so that they don’t come 50 into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, 51 ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to 52 them.’ 16:30 Then 53 the rich man 54 said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead 55 goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He 56 replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to 57 Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” 58