From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Rich men and Heaven
Date: 5 Sep 92 02:14:40 GMT
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On Location is really nice, here are some more cites Jesus said about 
rich men and money:

MAR 12:41  And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the
people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

MAR 12:42  And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.

MAR 12:43  And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all
they which have cast into the treasury:

MAR 12:44  For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want
did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

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LUK 1:53  He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath
sent empty away.

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LUK 6:23  Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your
reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto
the prophets.

LUK 6:24  But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your
consolation.
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LUK 12:16  And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

LUK 12:17  And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because
I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

LUK 12:18  And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and
build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

LUK 12:19  And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up
for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

LUK 12:20  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided?

LUK 12:21  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich
toward God.

LUK 12:22  And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take
no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye
shall put on.

LUK 12:23  The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
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LUK 14:12  Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a
dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a
recompence be made thee.

LUK 14:13  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind:

LUK 14:14  And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for
thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
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LUK 16:11  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

LUK 16:12  And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who shall give you that which is your own?

LUK 16:13  No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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LUK 16:19  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

LUK 16:20  And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at
his gate, full of sores,

LUK 16:21  And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

LUK 16:22  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by
the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

LUK 16:23  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

LUK 16:24  And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

LUK 16:25  But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented.

LUK 16:26  And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can
they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Anyway, nuff said. For an objective observer Jesus was very much 
involved with the issue of the modern style communist ideology, however
twisted more towards the religious side. My humble opinion, after finding
all these references, is that Jesus wanted to say to people that don't
spend
time chasing for money, instead join him immediately because the "Kingdom
of God" is here. Or it should have happened 2000 years ago.

Cheers,
Kent
PS: I'm eagerly awaiting how I should interpret the words of Jesus :-).
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