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The Parable of the rich man and Lazarus (also called the Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives) is a well-known parable of Jesus appearing in the Gospel of Luke.The Gospel of Luke (Luke 16:19–31) tells of the relationship in life and in death between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. The traditional name Dives is not actually a name but instead a word for rich man dives in the text of the Latin Bible the Vulgate. The rich man was also given the names Neuēs (i.e.