mammon
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The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is told to people mocking Jesus for inviting them to love God more than they love mammon.
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In the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, we are invited to spend some time in the mind of the guy condemned for eternity.
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Some of Jesus’s parables can be confusing to modern readers, expecting something that looks like God rather than the opposition.
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The challenge of wealth for people in the United States is that we’d rather fight about what it implies about the person rather than their behavior.