Luke 16:30
So he said: ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
In Context
29And Abraham said to him: ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
Cross References
Luke 13:3No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly.
Luke 16:24And crying out, he said: ‘Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.’
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 →