Luke 16:26
And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf is fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able, nor those from thence pass over to us.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he said: I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house.
Cross References
Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.
John 3:36He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
James 1:11For the sun rose with the burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the grace of its fashion perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.
Revelation 20:10And the Devil who misleads them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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 →