"For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment." — Luke 16:28

Luke 16:28 · KJV

“For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.”

— Luke 16:28

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Luke 16 — Context

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that {would come} from thence.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Cross References

Psalms 49:12-13

Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.

Acts 2:40

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Acts 20:23

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {abide me: or, wait for me}

1 Thessalonians 4:6

That no {man} go beyond and defraud his brother in {any} matter: because that the Lord {is} the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}