◄ Luke 16:30 ►
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Good News Translation
The rich man answered, 'That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.'

New Revised Standard Version
He said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

Contemporary English Version
Then the rich man said, "No, that's not enough! If only someone from the dead would go to them, they would listen and turn to God."

New American Bible
He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

repent.

Luke 13:3,5 No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. . . .

Revelation 16:9-11 And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues. Neither did they penance to give him glory. . . .

Context
The Rich Man and Lazarus
…29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them. 30But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. 31And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.…
Cross References
Luke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance: and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you that God is able of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 16:24
And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

Luke 16:31
And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

Luke 19:9
Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

Luke 16:29
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