Luke 16:27

“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—

World English Bible Classic

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

Job 21:21For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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

Psalms 49:13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my labor in which I labored 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 →

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