14. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.
15. And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
16. The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and whosoever will presses into it.
17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fail.
18. Whosoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whosoever marries her that is put away of her husband commits adultery.
19. There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;
20. and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores
21. and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom; the rich man also died and was buried;
23. and in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.
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 and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime didst receive thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.
26. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass from there to us.
27. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father’s house,
28. for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29. Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30. And he said, No, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.