Luke 16:29
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 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.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- KJV
- Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
- WEB
- “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
- ASV
- But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
- DARBY
- But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.
- BLB
- But Abraham says, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
- ÅB
- Men Abraham sier til ham: De har Moses og profetene; la dem høre dem!
- OTB
- Men Abraham sa: 'De har Moses og profetene; la dem lytte til dem.'
- B1930
- Men Abraham sier til ham: De har Moses og profetene; la dem høre dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:21
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Read in contextLuke 16:16
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Read in contextLuke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15–17
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Read in context2 Peter 1:19–21
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Read in contextActs 17:11–12
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Read in contextMalachi 4:2–4
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Read in contextJohn 5:39–47
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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