Study it in the app“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.”
ButδὲAbrahamἈβραάμsaid,εἶπεν‘Child,Τέκνονrememberμνήσθητιthatὅτιyou receivedἀπέλαβεςyour good thingsτὰ ἀγαθά σουinἐνyour life,τῇ ζωῇ σουandκαὶLazarusΛάζαροςlikewiseὁμοίωςbad things;τὰ κακάbutδὲnowνῦνhe is comfortedπαρακαλεῖταιhere,ὧδεandδὲyouσὺare in agony.ὀδυνᾶσαι
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “Teknon” appearsremember
To call something or someone to mind.
Where else “mnēsthēti” appearsreceive
To get one's due, or get it back.
Where else “apelabes” appearspossessions
What one owns, possessions.
Where else “agatha” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēi” appearsLazarus
Lazarus: the brother of Martha and Mary, whom Jesus raised; also the name of the poor man in a parable.
Where else “Lazaros” appearslikewise
In the same way, likewise.
Where else “homoiōs” appearsevil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kaka” appearscomfort
To bring relief to one who suffers.
Where else “parakaleitai” appearsbe in anguish
Be in anguish, be in great pain, be distressed.
Where else “odynasai” appears24And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’
25 · This verse (above)
26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot, nor may anyone cross from there to us.’
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?
