Luke 16:27
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house
Open English Bible (US)
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
28where I have five brothers, to warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torture.’
Cross References
Psalms 17:14by your hand, O Lord, from those – whose portion of life is but of this world. But let your treasured ones have food in plenty may their children be full and their children satisfied.
Psalms 49:13This is the fate of the confident fool, and the end of those who are pleased with their portion. Selah
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 →