The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in
1purple and fine linen and
2who feasted sumptuously every day.
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And at his gate
3was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
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who desired to be fed with
4what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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The poor man died and was carried by
5the angels
6to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried,
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and in
7Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and
8saw Abraham far off and Lazarus
9at his side.
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And he called out,
10‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and
11cool my tongue, for
12I am in anguish in this flame. ’
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But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that
13you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad 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
14Moses and the Prophets;
15let them hear them. ’
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And he said, ‘No,
16father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent. ’
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He said to him, ‘If they do not hear
17Moses and the Prophets,
18neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead. ’”
