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In hell and in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus in his lap.
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He called out, 'Father Abraham, mercy! Have mercy! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my tongue. I'm in agony in this fire.'
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"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you got the good things and Lazarus the bad things. It's not like that here. Here he's consoled and you're tormented.
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Besides, in all these matters there is a huge chasm set between us so that no one can go from us to you even if he wanted to, nor can anyone cross over from you to us.'
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"The rich man said, 'Then let me ask you, Father: Send him to the house of my father
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where I have five brothers, so he can tell them the score and warn them so they won't end up here in this place of torment.'
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"Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.'
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"'I know, Father Abraham,' he said, 'but they're not listening. If someone came back to them from the dead, they would change their ways.'
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"Abraham replied, 'If they won't listen to Moses and the Prophets, they're not going to be convinced by someone who rises from the dead.'"