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Luke 16:19-31 (NIV)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

(19) “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. (20) At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores (21) and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
(22) “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. (23) In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. (24) So he called to him, ‘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.’
(25) “But 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. (26) And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
(27) “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s house, (28) for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
(29) “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
(30) “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
(31) “He 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.’

Luke 16:19-31 (The Message)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

^19-21"There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man's table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores.

^22-24"Then he died, this poor man, and was taken up by the angels to the lap of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell and in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus in his lap. He called out, 'Father Abraham, mercy! Have mercy! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my tongue. I'm in agony in this fire.'

^25-26"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you got the good things and Lazarus the bad things. It's not like that here. Here he's consoled and you're tormented. Besides, in all these matters there is a huge chasm set between us so that no one can go from us to you even if he wanted to, nor can anyone cross over from you to us.'

^27-28"The rich man said, 'Then let me ask you, Father: Send him to the house of my father where I have five brothers, so he can tell them the score and warn them so they won't end up here in this place of torment.'

²⁹"Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.'

³⁰"'I know, Father Abraham,' he said, 'but they're not listening. If someone came back to them from the dead, they would change their ways.'

³¹"Abraham replied, 'If they won't listen to Moses and the Prophets, they're not going to be convinced by someone who rises from the dead.'"

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"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and can be
overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."

— Nelson Mandela

World population 6,6 Billion

Undernourished .925 Billion

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UN Millennium Development Goals summit gets mixed grades

New York/Geneva (ENI). Leaders of global faith and humanitarian groups have given mixed reactions to a New York summit evaluating the United Nations' "Millennium Development Goals", set out a decade ago to reduce global poverty. Political leaders at the summit acknowledged that progress towards achieving the eight MDGs by 2015 is not where it should be. In a final "outcome document" for the 20 to 22 September U.N. summit, participants recommitted themselves to achieving the goals, which include the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. Church leaders have applauded the progress made so far to reduce global poverty but say more must be done. The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, told UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon in a letter that, "Without significant transformations in global economic frameworks, the attainment of the MDGs by 2015 is endangered.

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