NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Luke 16:20

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A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

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Luke 16:17–23

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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

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“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

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A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

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and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

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The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

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In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

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