16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries ³  someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple ⁴  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ⁵  every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay ⁶  a poor man named Lazarus ⁷  whose body was covered with sores, ⁸  16:21 who longed to eat ⁹  what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs ¹⁰  came and licked ¹¹  his sores.

16:22 “Now ¹²  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ¹³  The ¹⁴  rich man also died and was buried. ¹⁵  16:23 And in hell, ¹⁶  as he was in torment, ¹⁷  he looked up ¹⁸  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ¹⁹  16:24 So ²⁰  he called out, ²¹  ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus ²²  to dip the tip of his finger ²³  in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish ²⁴  in this fire.’ ²⁵  16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, ²⁶  remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. ²⁷  16:26 Besides all this, ²⁸  a great chasm ²⁹  has been fixed between us, ³⁰  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So ³¹  the rich man ³²  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus ³³  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn ³⁴  them so that they don’t come ³⁵  into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, ³⁶  ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to ³⁷  them.’ 16:30 Then ³⁸  the rich man ³⁹  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁴⁰  goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He ⁴¹  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁴²  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁴³