Luke 16:22-24

The Rich Man and Lazarus

22 The poor man died and was carried by i the angels j to Abraham's side. 1 The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in k Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and l saw Abraham far off and Lazarus j at his side. 24 And he called out, m 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and n cool my tongue, for o I am in anguish in this flame.'

  1. Cross References
    Luke 15:10
    Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
    Matthew 18:10
    See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
    Acts 12:15
    They said to her, "You are out of your mind." But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!
    Hebrews 1:13 - 14
    And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
    Luke 12:8
    And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God.
  2. Cross References
    John 13:23
    One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 11:23
    And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 8:11 - 12
    I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 16:22
    The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 16:30
    And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.
    John 8:33
    They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?
    John 8:39
    They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did.
    John 8:53
    Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?
  7. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:12
    And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:24
    "And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
    Matthew 25:41
    Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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