"Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them." — Luke 16:29

Luke 16:29 · KJV

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

— Luke 16:29

Verse 28

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

Verse 30

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

Luke 16 — Context

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.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Cross References

Acts 15:21

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Luke 16:16

The law and the prophets {were} until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Luke 24:27

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Acts 17:11-12

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

John 5:39-47

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Peter 1:19-21

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: