"As he spoke to our forefathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever."

"The oath which he swore to Abraham, our forefather,

Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones.

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

"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

"The rich man also died, and was buried. And as he was tormented in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.'

"'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.'

"'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

"Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.