Luke 16:27

Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my father's house;

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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

26And besides all this, between us and you there is placed a great gulf, so that those who wish to cross from hence to you may not be able, and that those on that side cannot cross over to us.

28for I have five brothers; that he may give earnest warning to them, that they too may not come into this place of torment.

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Cross References

Job 21:21For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?

Psalms 17:14From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.

Psalms 49:13Such is the way which is their confidence! And they who come after them approve their maxims. [[Pause.]]

Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea, I hated all my labor which I had performed under the sun, because I must leave it to the man that shall be 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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