Luke 16:26-31

Listen to Luke 16:26-31
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us. ’
27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house—
28 for I have five brothers[a]—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment. ’
29 But Abraham said, ‘They have 1Moses and the Prophets; 2let them hear them. ’
30 And he said, ‘No, 3father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent. ’
31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear 4Moses and the Prophets, 5neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead. ’”

Cross References 5

  • 1. 16:29 ver. 31; ch. 24:27; Acts 26:22; 28:23
  • 2. 16:29 [John 5:45-47]
  • 3. 16:30 ver. 24
  • 4. 16:31 [See ver. 29 above]
  • 5. 16:31 [Matt. 28:11-15; John 12:10, 11]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 16:28 Or 'brothers and sisters'
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