Luke 16:25
23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
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,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
- ASV
- But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and thou art in anguish.
- DARBY
- But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering.
- BLB
- But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you fully received your good [things] in your life, and Lazarus likewise the evil [things]. But now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.
- ÅB
- Men Abraham sa: Sønn! kom i hu at du fikk ditt gode i din levetid, og Lasarus likeså det onde! men nå trøstes han her, og du pines.
- OTB
- Men Abraham sa: 'Sønn, husk at du i ditt liv mottok dine gode ting, og Lasarus likeledes dårlige ting; men nå blir han trøstet her, og du er i pine.
- B1930
- Men Abraham sa: Sønn! kom i hu at du fikk ditt gode i din levetid, og Lasarus likeså det onde! men nu trøstes han her, og du pines.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:24
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
Read in context1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Read in contextMark 9:45
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Read in contextRomans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Read in contextHebrews 11:25
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
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