And perhaps no passage’s lede was as hidden, obscured, or outright banished as that of this week’s reading from Luke. The sermon would crescendo in an urgent altar call, lest we face the same irreversible damnation as Luke’s rich man. The rich man in purple linens can walk outside and help Lazarus or feast all the way to flames and torment. The readers of 1 Timothy can seek riches unto their own ruin or become rich in good deeds unto eternal life. Lazarus’s plight is, after all, Jesus’ lede.