>>20473916>And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, TODAY shalt thou be with me in paradise.How do Catholics respond to this with regards to purgatory? The thief lived a life of sin and as he was dying on the cross he accepted Jesus as the messiah and savior. Would he not then have to go to purgatory? Why did Jesus tell him that he would be in paradise TODAY. Shouldn’t Jesus have told him
>Verily I say unto thee, after you spend an undisclosed amount of time in purgatory shalt thou be with me in paradise 