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CHRIST, THE GREAT TEACHER 377
LAZARUS AT THE RICH MAN 's HOUSE
purple and ne linen and who feasted sumptuously T
every day. And there was a certain beggar, named R h Man and
Lazarus, who lay at his gates, his body full of sores, a an asked only for the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But no one gave them to him. And the
dogs came and licked his sores.
"Now it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, but he was buried in hell. Lifting up his eyes when he was in torment, he saw Abraham afar o , and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have· mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his nger in
