just as He spoke to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his descendants forever.

the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

son of Jacob, son of Isaac,
son of Abraham, son of Terah,
son of Nahor,

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.