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- "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
- At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
- and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
- In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
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- So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
- "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
- And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
- "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
- for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
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- "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
- " 'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
- "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
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