New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 16:28
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for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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for 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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ASVAmerican Standard Version
for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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for I have five brothers—that he might warn them so that they might not also come to this place of torment.’
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Luke 16
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.’
30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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