Luke 16:29
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
In Context
30‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
Cross References
Isaiah 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
Luke 4:17the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
John 5:47But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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 →