James 5:1 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ O YOU rich men, weep and howl for the miseries which shall come upon you!

²³ Jesus then said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ Again I say to you, It is easier for a rope to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁴ But woe to you, rich men! for you have already received your comforts. ²⁵ Woe to you who are full! for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! for you will weep and mourn.

¹⁶ Then he told them a parable. The land of a rich man brought him a great many crops. ¹⁷ And he reasoned within himself and said, What shall I do, for I have no place to gather my crops? ¹⁸ So he said, I will do this; I will tear down my barns, and build them and enlarge them; and gather there all my wheat and my good things. ¹⁹ And I will say to myself, Myself, you have many good things stored up for many years; rest, eat, drink, and be happy. ²⁰ But God said to him, O you shortsighted, this very night your life will be demanded of you; and these things which you have prepared, to whom will they he left? ²¹ Such is he who lays up treasures for himself, and is not rich in the things in God.

¹⁹ There was a rich man, who used to wear purple and fine linen, and every day he made merry very lavishly. ²⁰ And there was a poor man named Lazarus, who was laid down at that rich manÆs door, afflicted with boils; ²¹ He longed to fill his stomach with the crumbs that fell from the rich manÆs tray; the dogs also came and licked his boils. ²² Now it happened that the poor man died, and the angels carried him into AbrahamÆs bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And while he was tormented in Sheol, he lifted up his eyes from a distance, and saw Abraham, with Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he called in a loud voice and said, O my father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and wet my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ Abraham said to him, My son, remember you received your pleasures when you were living, and Lazarus his hardships; and behold now he is comfortable here, and you are suffering.

²⁸ But Jesus turned to them and said, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me; but weep over yourselves, and over your own children. ²⁹ For behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that never gave suck.

⁹ For those who desire to be rich, fall into temptations, and snares, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in degeneration and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil: and there are some men who have coveted it and have thereby erred from the faith, they have brought to themselves many sorrows.

¹¹ For as the sun rises with its burning heat and causes the grass to wither, and the flower to fall and its beauty to perish: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

⁶ But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men exalt themselves over you and drag you before the judgment seat?

⁹ Humble yourselves, and mourn; let your laughter be turned to weeping, and your joy to sorrow.

¹³ What then shall we say of those who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city, and will work there a year, and will trade and prosper?

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the captains of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in caves, and in clefts of the mountain; ¹⁶ And said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: ¹⁷ For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?