28for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.


In Context

25 But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us.

27 And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

28 for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

29 But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

30 But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

Luke 16:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:28For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.