Luke 16:29
And Abraham said to him: ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
In Context
28so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.’
Cross References
Isaiah 34:16Search and read diligently in the book of the Lord. Not one of them was lacking; not one has sought for the other. For what has proceeded from my mouth, he has commanded, and his very Spirit has gathered them.
Luke 4:17And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written:
Luke 24:27And beginning from Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them, in all the Scriptures, the things that were about him.
John 5:47But if you do not believe by his writings, how will you believe by my words?”
Acts 17:11But these were more noble than those who were at Thessalonica. They received the Word with all enthusiasm, daily examining the Scriptures to see if these things were so.
2 Peter 1:19And so, we have an even firmer prophetic word, to which you would do well to listen, as to a light shining within a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.
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 →