This document is about Lazarus (the beggar). For other homonyms, please refer to the Lazarus document.
Lazarus is the beggar who appears in Jesus' parable.
Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.Luke 16:20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,Luke 16:21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs would come and lick his sores.Luke 16:22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.Luke 16:24He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’Luke 16:25But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.Luke 16:26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’Luke 16:27He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family,Luke 16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’Luke 16:29Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’Luke 16:30‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’Luke 16:31He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”