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


In Context

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, 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 a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:

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

29 Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:28for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to 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 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.