Who does God help?translated

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which is read at the Sunday Divine Liturgy on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, is given only by the Evangelist Luke. The Savior pronounces it during His last journey to Jerusalem, where He will be crucified. The parable raises the themes of wealth, repentance and posthumous reward.

A certain man was rich, dressed in purple and fine linen, and feasted brilliantly every day. There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who lay at his gate covered in scabs and wanted to be fed with the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table, and the dogs came and licked his scabs. The beggar died and was carried by the Angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And in hell, being in torment, he raised his eyes, saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus in his bosom and, crying out, said: Father Abraham! have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said: child! remember that you have already received your good in your life, and Lazarus received your evil; now he is comforted here, and you suffer; and above all this, a great gulf has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor from there to us...