16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ⁴  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ⁵  in handling worldly wealth, ⁶  who will entrust you with the true riches? ⁷  16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ⁸  with someone else’s property, ⁹  who will give you your own ¹⁰ ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate ¹¹  the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise ¹²  the other. You cannot serve God and money.” ¹³ 

16:14 The Pharisees ¹⁴  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ¹⁵  him. 16:15 But ¹⁶  Jesus ¹⁷  said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, ¹⁸  but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized ¹⁹  among men is utterly detestable ²⁰  in God’s sight.

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force ²¹  until John; ²²  since then, ²³  the good news of the kingdom of God ²⁴  has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. ²⁵  16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter ²⁶  in the law to become void. ²⁷ 

16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries ²⁸  someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple ²⁹  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ³⁰  every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay ³¹  a poor man named Lazarus ³²  whose body was covered with sores, ³³  16:21 who longed to eat ³⁴  what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs ³⁵  came and licked ³⁶  his sores.

16:22 “Now ³⁷  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ³⁸  The ³⁹  rich man also died and was buried. ⁴⁰  16:23 And in hell, ⁴¹  as he was in torment, ⁴²  he looked up ⁴³  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ⁴⁴  16:24 So ⁴⁵  he called out, ⁴⁶  ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus ⁴⁷  to dip the tip of his finger ⁴⁸  in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish ⁴⁹  in this fire.’ ⁵⁰  16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, ⁵¹  remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. ⁵²  16:26 Besides all this, ⁵³  a great chasm ⁵⁴  has been fixed between us, ⁵⁵  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So ⁵⁶  the rich man ⁵⁷  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus ⁵⁸  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn ⁵⁹  them so that they don’t come ⁶⁰  into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, ⁶¹  ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to ⁶²  them.’ 16:30 Then ⁶³  the rich man ⁶⁴  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁶⁵  goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He ⁶⁶  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁶⁷  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁶⁸ 

23:1 Sarah lived 127 years. ¹