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The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
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But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
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Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.
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Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
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And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
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Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
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And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
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And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
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And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
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And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.