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Luke 16:31
Luke 16:31 is verse 31 of Luke chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
King James Version
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
World English Bible
“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
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Luke 16:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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Cross-references
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John 11:43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
John 11:44The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
John 11:45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
John 11:46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
John 11:48If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
John 11:49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
John 11:50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
John 11:51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
John 11:52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
John 11:53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
John 12:10So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
John 12:11for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
Genesis 9:27May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Acts 19:8Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
Acts 26:28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.