God values humility, generosity, and the heart. are all things prized by humans, but to God these things are abominations. Wealth, physical appearances, status, etc. Human beings is an abomination in the sight of God." (Luke 16:15) Their actions, but that God knows their hearts and "what is prized by (Luke 16:14) Jesus then says that they rationalize and defend Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed You cannot serve God and wealth." (Luke 16:13) Masters for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or beĭevoted to the one and despise the other. Before telling this parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus has told several other parables regarding redemption and money. In context, Jesus is talking to a large crowd of sinners, taxĬollectors, Pharisees, scribes, and his disciples, as seen in Lukeġ5:1-2. Jesus tells the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to illustrate the two points he just made, regarding 1) the love of money and 2) the "permanence" (permanent nature) of the law, in Luke 16:13-18.Īnother parable that discusses a rich man is theĬontext of Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Luke 16:19-31
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