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There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried:
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And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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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, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that [would come] from thence.
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.
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And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one shall rise from the dead.
