as he promised our fathers, to have mercy on Abraham and his offspring for ever."

of the oath he swore to Abraham our father,

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nachor,

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for all these eighteen years, was she not to be freed from her bondage on the sabbath?"

There you will wail and gnash your teeth, to see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets inside the Realm of God and yourselves put outside.

Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried.

And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.'

But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone only goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

And that the dead are raised has been indicated by Moses in the passage on the Bush, when he calls the Lord 'God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.'