Luke 16:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

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  • Gen 9:27 : 27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
  • John 11:43-53 : 43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! 44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go. 45 Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees with the news of what Jesus had done. 47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs. 48 If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation. 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything; 50 You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction. 51 He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world. 53 And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.
  • John 12:10-11 : 10 Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death; 11 For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.
  • Acts 19:8 : 8 And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 26:28 : 28 And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.
  • Acts 28:23 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
  • 2 Cor 4:3 : 3 But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

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    26 And 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.

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

    28 For 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.

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

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

  • 1 Cor 15:16
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    16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

  • Exod 4:8
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    8 And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.

  • Mark 12:26
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    26 But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

  • Mark 11:31
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    31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • John 5:46-47
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    46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

    47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

  • Mark 16:13
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    13 And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

  • John 20:9
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    9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

  • Matt 22:31
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    31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

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    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

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    43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

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    30 But God gave him back from the dead:

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    25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

    26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

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    5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

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    1 And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

  • Acts 3:23
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    23 And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

  • Luke 20:5-6
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    5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

    6 But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

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    12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

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

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    48 Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.

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    23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

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    11 And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

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