New Living Translation
Luke 16:25
25“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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
23and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side. 24“The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’ “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. 26And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’ 27“Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home.
Read all of Luke 16Luke 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Sonτέκνονteknon · childG5043
- rememberμιμνήσκωmimnēskō · to rememberG3403
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- thouσύsu · youG4771
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- lifetimeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
- receivedstἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
- good thingsἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
- LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros · LazarusG2976
- evil thingsκακόςkakos · evil/harm: harmG2556
- nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
- heὅδεhode hēde tode · thisG3592
- is comfortedπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
- art tormentedὀδυνάωodunaō · be anguishedG3600
Cross-references for Luke 16:25
- Luke 16:24“The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
- Luke 16:23and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
- Lamentations 1:7In the midst of her sadness and wandering, Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor. But now she has fallen to her enemy, and there is no one to help her. Her enemy struck her down and laughed as she fell.
- Daniel 5:22“You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.
- Luke 6:24“What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now.
- Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace.
- Job 22:18Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
- Psalms 17:14By the power of your hand, O Lord, destroy those who look to this world for their reward. But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones. May their children have plenty, leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
- Psalms 49:11The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,
- Psalms 73:7These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!
- Romans 8:7For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
- Philippians 3:19They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
- 1 John 2:15Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
- Luke 16:20At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was 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
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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
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