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24 And he, having called, said, ‘Father Abraham, have-mercy-on me and send Lazarus in order that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool-off my tongue, because I am suffering-pain in this flame’. 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus the bad things. But now, here, he is being comforted and you are suffering-pain. 26 And in all these regions, a great chasm has been fixed[a] between us and you[b], so that the ones wanting to cross from here to you are not able, nor may they cross-over from there to us’.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:26 Or, set, established.
  2. Luke 16:26 This word is plural.

24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(A) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’(B)

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(C) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(D) 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

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