Luke 16:29
Abraham answered him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
In Context
30and he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent.
Cross References
Luke 4:17And there was delivered to Him the book of the prophet Esaias; and opening the book, He found the place where it was written,
Luke 24:27And beginning from Moses, and all the prophets, He explained to them in all the scriptures the things that were spoken concerning Himself.
John 5:47but if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Acts 17:11These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
2 Peter 1:19We have also the more sure word of the prophets, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts:
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 →