Luke 16:25

Luke 16:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• New International Version (NIV)“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Context of Luke 16:25

23In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’ 27And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house--

Luke 16:25 word by word

Εἶπεν δὲ Ἀβραάμ· τέκνον, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου, καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά. νῦν δὲ ὧδε παρακαλεῖται, σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι.Read the interlinear

• But AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Childτέκνονteknon · childG5043
• rememberμιμνήσκωmimnēskō · to rememberG3403
• duringἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• your lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• you receivedἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
• your goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• and likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
• LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros · LazarusG2976
• badκακόςkakos · evil/harm: evilG2556
• but nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• he is being comfortedπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• and you are in agonyὀδυνάωodunaō · be anguishedG3600

Cross-references for Luke 16:25

• Luke 16:24And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
• Luke 16:23In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.
• Daniel 5:22Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,
• Mark 9:46[where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]
• Luke 6:24But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.
• Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
• Job 22:18Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• Psalms 17:14From men with Your hand, O Lord, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes.
• Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
• Psalms 49:11Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names.
• Psalms 73:7Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.
• Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
• Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Luke 16:20And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

Commentaries on Luke 16:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Son - This is a representation designed to correspond with the word “father.” He was a descendant of Abraham a Jew - and Abraham is represented as calling this thing to his remembrance. It would not lessen his sorrows to remember that he was a “son” of Abraham, and that he ought to have lived worthy of that relation to him. Remember - This is a cutting word in this place. One of the chief torments of hell will be the “remembrance” of what was enjoyed and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Here the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man got his estate by fraud, or oppression; but Christ shows, that a man may have a great deal of the wealth, pomp, and pleasure of this world, yet perish for ever under God's wrath and curse. The sin of this rich man was his providing for himself only. Here is a godly man, and one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-31This 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Son--stinging acknowledgment of the claimed relationship. thou ... Lazarus, &c.--As it is a great law of God's kingdom, that the nature of our present desires shall rule that of our future bliss, so by that law, he whose "good things," craved and enjoyed, were all bounded by time, could look for none after his connection with time had come to an end (Lu 6:24). But by this law, he whose "evil things," all crowded into the present life, drove him to…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:25

• Abraham
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Happiness
• Hell
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Rich, the
• Righteous
• Sensuality
• Torments
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Lazarus
• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare
• Life

Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings