the dogs came and licked his sores. (22)And it came to
pass, that the beggar died; and he was borne away by the angels into
Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried; (23)and in
the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees
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: Child, remember that in thy
lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like
manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art
tormented. (26)And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf
is fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able,
nor those from thence pass over to us. (27)And he said: I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house.
(28)For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they
may not also come into this place of torment. (29)Abraham says to him:
They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. (30)And he said:
Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they
will repent. (31)And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from
the dead.

XVII.

AND he said to his disciples: It is impossible that causes of offense
should not come; but woe to him through whom they come! (2)It were
better for him that a mill stone were placed about his neck, and he
were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these
little ones to offend.

(3)Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he
repent, forgive him. (4)And if he sin against thee seven times in the
day, and seven times turn to thee saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive
him.

(5)And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. (6)And the
Lord said: If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would say to this
sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and planted in the sea;
and it would have obeyed you.

(7)And who of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will
say to him immediately, when he has come in from the field, Come and
recline at table; (8)and will not rather say to him, Make ready
wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me, till I have eaten
and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and d