The Daily Audio Bible

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’”.

Woe To The One Who Causes Others To Fall. Rebuke Sin In Your Brother. Forgive

17 And He said to His disciples, “It is impossible that the causes-of-falling should not^[e] come. Nevertheless, woe to the one through whom they come. ² It would be better for him if a mill’s stone were lying-around his neck and he had been^[f] thrown-off into the sea, than that he should cause one of these^[g] little ones to fall. ³ Take heed to yourselves— If your brother sins, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and returns to you seven times saying ‘I repent’, forgive him”.

The Apostles Ask For More Faith. The Smallest Amount Is Enough

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase faith for us”. ⁶ And the Lord said, “If you have faith like a seed^[h] of a mustard-plant, you would say to this mulberry-tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’, and it would have obeyed you. ⁷ And who from-among you is there who, having a slave plowing or shepherding, will say to him having come in from the field, ‘Immediately having come-to the table, fall back [to eat]!’? ⁸ But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something I may have-for-dinner. And having girded-yourself, be serving me until I eat and drink. And after these things, you will eat and drink’? ⁹ He does not have gratitude^[i] for the slave because he did the things having been commanded, does he? ¹⁰ So also you, when you do all the things having been commanded to you, be saying that ‘We are unprofitable^[j] slaves. We have done what we were obligated to do’”.