Gospel (Luke, XVI:19-31)

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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 was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

²¹ who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²² The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,

²³ and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes andsaw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

²⁴ And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus 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, 'Child, remember that you 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.

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 someone 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 someone should rise from the dead.'