New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 16:27
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‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
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“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
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And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house;
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And he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, that you might send him to the house of my father—
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Luke 16
25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
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