Luke 16: 19
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"There was a rich man, who was clothed in
purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. |
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And at his gate lay a poor man named
Laz'arus, full of sores, |
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who desired to be fed with what fell from
the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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The poor man died and was carried by the
angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;
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and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up
his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Laz'arus in his bosom. |
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And he called out, `Father Abraham, have
mercy upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool
my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' |
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But Abraham said, `Son, remember that you in
your lifetime received your good things, and Laz'arus in like manner evil
things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
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And besides all this, between us and you a
great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you
may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' |
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And he said, `Then I beg you, father, to
send him to my father's house, |
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for I have five brothers, so that he may
warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' |
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But Abraham said, `They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them.' |
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And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if
some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' |
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He said to him, `If they do not hear Moses
and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from
the dead.'" |
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