Luke 16:15 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁵ 3 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God. [I Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before other people, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued by people is deeply offensive to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And he said to them: "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of men. But God knows your hearts. For what is lifted up by men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

Luke 16:15 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

2 And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be prince, end Sadoc to be high priest.

2 Chronicles 6:30

5 Then hear thou from heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and revenge them.

Psalm 10:3

0 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

Psalm 49:13

0 Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.

Psalm 49:18

Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.

Psalm 7:9

6 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.

Proverbs 16:5

2 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Proverbs 20:6

3 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 21:2

It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

Jeremiah 17:10

8 Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.

Malachi 3:15

Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Matthew 23:5

3 But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.

Matthew 6:16

4 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:2

0 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:5

3 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Luke 10:29

7 But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

Luke 11:39

7 Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.

Luke 18:11

9 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

Luke 18:14

2 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Luke 18:21

9 Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Luke 18:9

7 Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, shall not enter into it.

Luke 20:20

8 Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:47

Who said: Take heed you be not seduced; for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and the time is at hand: go ye not therefore after them.

John 2:25

The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and whither he goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 21:17

5 But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.

Acts 1:18

6 And they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Acts 1:24

And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

Acts 15:8

6 After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and the ruins thereof I will rebuild, and I will set it up:

Romans 3:20

8 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

Romans 8:27

5 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword?

1 Corinthians 4:5

4 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.

1 Peter 3:4

3 And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?

1 Peter 5:5

4 Salute one another with a holy kiss. Grace be to all you, who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Revelation 2:23

Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard: and observe, and do penance. If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to thee.

1 Samuel 16:7

2 He sent therefore and brought him Now he was ruddy and beautiful to behold, and of a comely face. And the Lord said: Arise, and anoint him, for this is he.