Luke 16:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)23 And in the unseen place of departed spirits the rich man, who was being tormented, looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus close beside him. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176923 and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition23 And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. See the chapterCommon English Bible23 While being tormented in the place of the dead, he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance with Lazarus at his side. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version23 Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. See the chapter |
And if your eye becomes the occasion for you falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away, for it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life with [only] one eye, rather than keeping both eyes and being thrown into a fiery hell [i.e., because one of them caused you to fall away from God].
And if your right eye is what ensnares you into falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away from you. For it would be better for you to lose a part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [Note: This is the word “Gehenna,” and because of its Old Testament connotation of burning bodies, II Chron. 33:6, it is used figuratively here, and elsewhere, to describe the place of future, final punishment of the wicked].
And Capernaum, do you think you will be lifted up toward heaven [as a proud city]? [No indeed], you will [surely] go down to the place of the unseen [i.e., become obscure or obliterated as a city]. For if the powerful miracles had been performed in Sodom which were performed in your presence, it would have remained [even] until today.