Luke 16:30

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Then the rich man said,‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

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  • Rev 16:9-9 : 9 Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory. 10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
  • Luke 13:3 : 3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’

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  • 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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    22 “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

    23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

    24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’

    25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

    26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’

    27 So the rich man said,‘Then I beg you, father– send Lazarus to my father’s house

    28 (for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

    29 But Abraham said,‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’

  • 5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”

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    29 The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.

    30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.

  • 3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

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    26 Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him,‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

    27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

  • Luke 9:59-60
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    59 Jesus said to another,“Follow me.” But he replied,“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

    60 But Jesus said to him,“Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

  • 52 Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

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    43 When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

    44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

  • 31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

  • 8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • John 8:39-40
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    39 They answered him,“Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

    40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

  • 37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

  • 31 They discussed with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

  • 22 But Jesus said to him,“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

  • 27 Marriage and the Resurrection Now some Sadducees(who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.

  • 11 The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • 18 Marriage and the Resurrection Sadducees(who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

  • 30 But God raised him from the dead,

  • 16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • Luke 7:14-15
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    14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”

    15 So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

  • 5 So they discussed it with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Why did you not believe him?’

  • 40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • 6 “Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

  • 5 The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?

  • 21 Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

  • 13 They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

  • 18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • 17 So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

  • 20 Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

  • 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • 25 I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming– and is now here– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

  • 30 And you say,‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

  • 53 And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

  • 14 Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,

  • 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

  • 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!