16. “The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.
17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.
18. “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19. “There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
20. But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
21. who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.
22. “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
23. And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
24. So he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’
25. But Abraham said, ‘Child, 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.
26. Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’