Rich man and Lazarus Rich man and Lazarus The parable of the rich man and Lazarus (also called the Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives) is a well-known parable of Jesus appearing in the Gospel of Luke. The Gospel of Luke () tells of the relationship, during life and after death, between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. The traditional name "Dives" is not actually a name, but instead a word for "rich man", "dives", in the text of the Latin Bible, the Vulgate. The rich man was also given the names "Neuēs" (i.e. Nineveh) and "Fineas" (i.e. Phineas)
The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ of some kind, but... included a wide variety of metaphires, similitudes, riddles, mysteries and illustrations." The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Done into Familiar Verse, with Occasional Applications, for the Use and Improvement of Younger Minds was written by Christopher Smart and published in 1768. The "Parables" are a collection of parables from the Bible which includes lessons from both the Old and New Testament. The "Parables", as with "Hymns for the Amusement of Children", was part of Smart's attempt to create religious literature dedicated to children. The