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We are not told that the rich man did him any harm, but we do not find that he had any care for him.

It is often the lot of some of the dearest of God's saints and servants to be greatly afflicted in this world. Here is a godly man, and one that will hereafter be happy for ever, in the depth of adversity and distress. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 16:19-31 Commentary on Luke 16:19-31 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.' 27 Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' 29 Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31 But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' ' 24 Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame.' 25 But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

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20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Ģ0 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Ģ1 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.Ģ2 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried Ģ3 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Ģ4 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame.Ģ5 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.Ģ6 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.Ģ7 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:Ģ8 For I have five brethren that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.Ģ9 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them.ģ0 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.ģ1 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.19 'There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.