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Luke 16 : 19 - 31
Chapter 16
| 19 | "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. |
| 20 | But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, |
| 21 | desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. |
| 22 | So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. |
| 23 | And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. |
| 24 | "Then 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.' |
| 25 | But Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. |
| 26 | And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.' |
| 27 | "Then he said, "I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, |
| 28 | for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' |
| 29 | Abraham said to him, "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' |
| 30 | And he said, "No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' |
| 31 | But he said to him, "If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead."' |