Luke 16:29-31

Contemporary English Version

²⁹Abraham answered, “Your brothers can read what Moses and the prophets^[a] wrote. They should pay attention to that.”

³⁰Then 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.”

³¹So Abraham said, “If they won't pay attention to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even to someone who comes back from the dead.”

16.29 Moses and the prophets: The Jewish Scriptures, that is, the Old Testament.

Luke 16:29-31

New International Version

²⁹“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses^(A) and the Prophets;^(B) let them listen to them.’

³⁰“‘No, father Abraham,’^(C) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

³¹“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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