Luke 16:27
‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
Majority Standard Bible
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
Cross References
Job 21:21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Psalms 49:13This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes 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 →