And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

And he said unto them, “Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts:  for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:  and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom:  and the rich man also died, and was buried.  And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.  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 in anguish in this flame.’  But Abraham said, ’Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.  And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.’  And he said, ’I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house; for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’  But Abraham saith, ’They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’  And he said, ’Nay, father Abraham:  but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.’  And he said unto him, ’If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.’”

“Increase our faith.”

And the apostles said unto the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

And the Lord said.  “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, ’Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.  But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field.  ’Come straightway and sit down to meat’; and will not rather say unto him, ’Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?’ Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?  Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ’We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.’”

NEAR JERUSALEM—­THE PLOT TO KILL HIM.

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.  And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.