Luke 16:16-23

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,