Luke 16:28-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ 30 [a]He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
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- 16:30–31 A foreshadowing in Luke’s gospel of the rejection of the call to repentance even after Jesus’ resurrection.
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