Luke 16:27
And he said: ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers,
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
28so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.’
Cross References
Job 21:21For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half?
Psalms 17:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Psalms 49:13Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
Ecclesiastes 2:18Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,
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 →