Luke 16:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁰ Then the rich man said, ‘No, forefather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, [then] they will repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives].’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ But he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent (change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins).

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Common English Bible

³⁰ The rich man said, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will change their hearts and lives.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ So he said: 'No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

Luke 16:30 Cross References

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you; but unless you repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were.

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were.”

Luke 16:24

And he shouted out, ‘Forefather Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus [to me], so he can dip the tip of his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it, because I am in agony in these flames.’

Luke 16:31

And Abraham replied, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded [even] if someone rises from the dead [i.e., to come back and warn them].’”

Luke 19:9

Then Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, since he too [i.e., Zacchaeus] is a descendant of Abraham.

Luke 3:8

Demonstrate by your lives that you have [really] repented, and quit saying to yourselves, ‘We claim Abraham as our forefather,’ because I tell you, God is able to make Abraham’s children out of these stones.