Luke 16:27

“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, Abba father, that you would send him to 'Avi ·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

26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

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Cross References

Psalms 17:14from men by your hand, Adonai, 1 from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. 1 You fill the belly of your cherished ones. 2 Your sons have plenty, 2 and they store up wealth for their children. 1

Psalms 49:13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, 2 and of those who approve their sayings. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·. 1

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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