Luke 16:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ He said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe [even] if someone should rise from the dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

Common English Bible

³¹ Abraham said, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, then neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ But he said to him: 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if someone has resurrected from the dead.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

Luke 16:31 Cross References

Genesis 9:27

May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his slave.”

Luke 16:30

He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “Occasions for sin are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come!

John 5:47

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Acts 19:8

He entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out boldly and argued persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Acts 26:28

Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian?”

Acts 28:23

After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.