Luke 16:27

Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house.

Bible (Bishops')

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

26Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs.

28For I haue fyue brethren, that he may witnesse vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea I was weery of my labour which I had taken vnder the sunne, because I shoulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth 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 →

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