Luke:16:19-31

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* There was a certain rich man , who was clothed in purple and fine linen ; and feasted sumptuously every day . * And there was a certain beggar , named Lazarus , who lay at his gate , full of sores , * Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man 's table , and no one did give him ; moreover the dogs came , and licked his sores . * And it came to pass , that the beggar died , and was carried by the angels into Abraham 's bosom . And the rich man also died : and he was buried in hell . * And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments , he saw Abraham afar off , and Lazarus in his bosom : * And he cried , and said : Father Abraham , have mercy on me , and send Lazarus , that he may dip the tip of his finger in water , to cool my tongue : for I am tormented in this flame . * And Abraham said to him : Son , remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime , and likewise Lazareth evil things , but now he is comforted ; and thou art tormented . * And besides all this , between us and you , there is fixed a great chaos : so that they who would pass from hence to you , cannot , nor from thence come hither . * And he said : Then , father , I beseech thee , that thou wouldst send him to my father 's house , for I have five brethren , * That he may testify unto them , lest they also come into this place of torments . * And Abraham said to him : They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them . * But he said : No , father Abraham : but if one went to them from the dead , they will do penance . * And he said to him : If they hear not Moses and the prophets , neither will they believe , if one rise again from the dead .

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