There was a certain man, which was clothed in and fine linen, and fared every day: And there was a certain named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of , And desiring to be fed with the which fell from the rich man's : moreover the came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the died, and was carried by the into Abraham's : the rich man also died, and was buried; And in he lift up his eyes, being in , and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this . But Abraham said, , remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy things, and likewise Lazarus things: but now he is , and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my house: For I have five ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of . Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will . And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be , though one rose from the dead.
