he has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.

rejoice on that day and leap for joy! rich is your reward in heaven for their fathers did the very same to the prophets.

But woe to you rich folk! you get all the comforts you will ever get.

No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.

He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

And he told them a parable. "A rich man's estate bore heavy crops.

He also said to his host, "When you give a dinner or supper, do not ask your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back again and you get repaid.

He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property.

There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day.

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried.

But when he heard that, he was vexed, for he was extremely rich.

Why, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,