Luke 16:28

That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

In Context

27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,

29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

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Cross References

Acts 2:40And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

1 Thessalonians 4:6And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.

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 →

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