Luke 16:24

Translations

Modern

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.’

Traditional

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, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Literal

And having cried out, he said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he might dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this flame.’

Latin

…et ipse clamans dixit: Pater Abraham, miserere mei, et mitte Lazarum ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma.

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English

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.’

Notes

Luke 16:24

send Lazarus: Ironically, the man was still treating Lazarus as a lowly servant.
I am in agony in this fire: See Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10, 14–15.

Luke 16:19–31

This parable repeats the warning about the danger of riches (16:13–15). It also returns to the idea that when God’s Kingdom comes, many situations will be reversed (changed to the opposite).

The rich, proud, and powerful will be brought low, while the poor, humble, and oppressed will be lifted up.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Concern for the Poor Material Reward Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke The Day Is Coming

Events

Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalemc. AD 30

Related verses

Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
John 4:10
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Revelation 7:16–17
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Revelation 20:15
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Luke 3:8
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Luke 16:30
‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
Isaiah 66:24
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Romans 9:7–8
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

Parallels

John 5:39–47

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Lazarus: Poor man in Jesus' parable of the rich man

Glossary

Beggar Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Dives Faith Hell Intermediate State Jesus Christ, Teachings of Lazarus Luke, Gospel of Miracle Parable Poor, the Riches Sin Wealth

Topics

Abraham in Paradise Dead (People): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death of the Wicked Eternal Death: Illustrated Hell: The Future Home of the Wicked Jesus, the Christ: Enunciates the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (In Peraea) Jesus, the Christ: Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus Parables: Parables of Christ: Rich Man and Lazarus Riches: Danger of Misusing-Illustrated The Happiness of the Wicked: Illustrated The Punishment of the Wicked: Shall be without Mitigation The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning Torments of the Wicked Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

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