Luke 16:27
And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
Cross References
Job 21:21For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
Psalms 17:14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
Psalms 49:13And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
Ecclesiastes 2:18Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have 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 →