19 | "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. |
20 | And at his gate lay a poor man named Laz'arus, full of sores, |
21 | who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. |
22 | The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; |
23 | and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Laz'arus in his bosom. |
24 | And he called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' |
25 | But Abraham said, `Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Laz'arus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
26 | 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.' |
27 | And he said, `Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, |
28 | for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' |
29 | But Abraham said, `They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' |
30 | And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' |
31 | He said to him, `If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'" |