Luke 16:30
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent.’
English Majority Text (NT)
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
29Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
Cross References
Luke 13:3Not at all, I tell you; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
Luke 16:24“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.’
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 →