Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 16:26-31
Luke DIVES AND LAZARUS Luk_16:19 - Luk_16:31 . This, the sternest of Christ’s parables, must be closely connected with verses 13 and 14. Keeping them in view, its true purpose is plain. It is meant to rebuke, not the possession of wealth, but its heartless, selfish use. Christ never treats outward conditions as having the power of determining either character or destiny. What a man does with his conditions settles what he is and what becomes of him. Nor does the parable teach that the use... read more
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 16:14-31
5. The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:14-31)14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided 15[ἐξεμυκτήριζον] him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed 16[lofty, ὑψηλόν] among men is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth5 into it. 17And it... read more