16:24. 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 to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
16:26. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.
16:27. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,
16:28. That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
16:29. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
16:30. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
16:31. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
Luke Chapter 17
Lessons of avoiding scandal and of the efficacy of faith. The ten lepers. The manner of the coming of Christ.