32 Yea, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a man with hoarded wealth to find the way of life. And his disciples said, Who then can find the way? Who can be saved?
33 And Jesus said, The rich may give his gold away; the high may kiss the dust, and God will save.
34 Then Jesus spoke this parable to them:
35 A rich man lived in splendid state; he wore the finest garments men could make; his boards were loaded with the costliest viands of the land.
36 A beggar, blind and lame, whose name was Lazarus, was wont to sit beside the waste gate of this home that he might share with dogs the refuse from the rich man’s boards.
37 It came to pass that Lazarus died, and angels carried him away unto the bosom of our father Abraham.
38 The rich man also died, and he was buried in a costly tomb; but in the purifying fires he opened up his eyes dissatisfied.
39 He looked and saw the beggar resting peacefully in the bosom of his father Abraham, and in the bitterness of his soul he cried,
40 My father Abraham, look down in mercy on your son; I am tormented in these flames.
41 Send Lazarus, I beseech, that he may give me just a sup of water to cool my parched tongue.