Luke 16:27
And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
In Context
Cross References
Job 21:21For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?
Psalms 17:14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
Psalms 49:13\49:12\But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Ecclesiastes 2:18Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
Matthew Henry on Luke 16:20-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up… Read the whole commentary →