“Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house,
Parallel translations
- WEB “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;
- KJV Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
- BSB ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
- NASB And he said, ‘Then I request of you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—
- NLT “Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home.
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Quick answer
The rich man pleads that Lazarus be sent to warn his father's household.
Overview
Now concerned for his five brothers, the rich man asks for a miraculous warning. His request, though seemingly compassionate, reveals continued unbelief in God's ordinary means. The verse sets up Abraham's crucial answer about the sufficiency of Scripture.
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