'Rich' in the Bible

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

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.