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Luke 16:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: "
Luke 16:27
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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Luke 16:1
"And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods."
Luke 16:2
"And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward."
Luke 16:3
"Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed."
Luke 16:4
"I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses."
Luke 16:5
"So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?"
Luke 16:6
"And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty."
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