Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

In Context

24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.

26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they which would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrough.

Job 22:18Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, the adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.

Daniel 5:30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.

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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