Luke 16:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

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  • Luke 6:24 : 24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • 1 John 2:15 : 15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  • Mark 9:45 : 45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Job 21:13-14 : 13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
  • Job 22:18 : 18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree. 36 But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
  • Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
  • Ps 73:12-19 : 12 Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased. 13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness; 14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment. 15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children. 16 When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes; 17 Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers. 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.
  • Dan 5:22-23 : 22 And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this; 23 But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

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    19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

    20And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

    21Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

    22And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

    23And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

    24And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

  • Luke 16:26-30
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    26And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

    27And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

    28For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

    29But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

    30And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

  • Luke 6:24-25
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    24But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

    25Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

  • Luke 15:30-31
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    30But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

    31And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

  • Luke 12:19-21
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    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

    20But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

    21So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Luke 23:40-43
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    40But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

    41And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

    42And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.

    43And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

  • Matt 25:46
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    46And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

  • Luke 14:14-15
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    14And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

    15And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 15:11-13
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    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

    12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

    13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

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    1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

    2And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

  • Luke 15:16-17
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    16And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

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    30And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • John 11:43
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    43Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

  • Luke 18:30
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    30Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

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    24But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

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    1Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

  • Luke 6:21
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    21Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

  • Matt 20:12
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    12Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

  • Matt 25:41
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    41Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

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    23But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

    24And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

  • Matt 13:42
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    42And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

  • Matt 20:14
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    14Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.

  • Matt 22:13
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    13Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.