Luke 16:28
“For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.”
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Luke 16:28 Context
26And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house: 28For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets, let them heare them. 30And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.
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Other Translations for Luke 16:28
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
- King James Version
for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
- Basic English Bible
for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
- Darby Bible
For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
- Webster's Bible
For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
- Weymouth Bible
for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'
- World English Bible
For Y haue fyue britheren, that he witnesse to hem, lest also thei come in to this place of turmentis.
- Wycliffe Bible
for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 16:28
16:28 Lest they also come into this place - He might justly fear lest their reproaches should add to his own torment.