15So He said to them: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.
16The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every one is trying to force his way into it.
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
18“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19“Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
21just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick his sores!
22In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and was buried.
23And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment,
24he called out, saying, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; because I am tormented by this flame!’
25But Abraham said: ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus had bad things; but now he is being comforted, and you tormented.
26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone from there cross over to us.’