Luke 16:27–28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house:
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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- Psalms 49:12–13Rank 2 from verse 28
12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
12Neuerthelesse man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beastes that perish.
13†This their way is their follie; yet their posteritie approue their sayings. Selah.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6Rank 3 from verse 28
6That 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.
6That no man goe beyond and ‖defraud his brother ‖in any matter, because that the Lord is the auenger of all such; as we also haue forewarned you, and testified:
- Acts 20:23Rank 4 from verse 28
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Luke 16:27
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Second-person singular form of will, meaning to desire, choose, or determine.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Luke 16:28
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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To bear witness, declare solemnly, or give evidence of something known.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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Sense 1: Extreme pain or anguish; something that causes severe distress. Sense 2: To afflict or distress greatly.
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26And 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.
26And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence.
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house:
Selected passage28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
28For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Selected passage29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
29Abraham saith vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets, let them heare them.