KJV King James Version
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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Luke 16:29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
WEB World English Bible
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
ASV American Standard Version
But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
Surrounding context — Luke 16
26 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.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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Acts 15:21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.2 Peter 1:19-21We 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:2 Timothy 3:15-17And 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.Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.Luke 16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.John 5:39-47Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.Acts 17:11-12These 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.Isaiah 34:16Seek 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.Malachi 4:2-4But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Luke 4:17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
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