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Luke 16:27
And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
Luke 16:27 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 16:27 in other translations
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
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In context
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.
25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.
27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
30 But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
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