Luke 16:22

New International Reader's Version

“The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Cross References

Job 21:13

Those who are evil spend their years living well. They go down to their graves in peace.

Proverbs 14:32

When trouble comes, sinners are brought down. But godly people seek safety in God even as they die.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I also saw sinful people being buried. They used to come and go from the place of worship. And others praised them in the city where they worshiped. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Isaiah 14:18

“All the kings of the nations are buried with honor. Each of them lies in his own tomb.

Isaiah 22:16

‘What are you doing here outside the city? Who allowed you to cut out a tomb for yourself here? Who said you could carve out your grave on the hillside? Who allowed you to cut out your resting place in the rock?

Matthew 18:10

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones. Here is what I tell you. Their angels in heaven are always with my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 24:31

He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call. They will gather his chosen people from all four directions. They will bring them from one end of the heavens to the other.

Matthew 8:11

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west. They will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of heaven. They will sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Mark 8:36

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul?

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 16:21

Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.

John 13:23

The disciple Jesus loved was next to him at the table.

John 21:20

Peter turned around. He saw that the disciple Jesus loved was following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper. He had said, “Lord, who is going to hand you over to your enemies?”

Hebrews 1:14

All angels are spirits who serve. God sends them to serve those who will receive salvation.

Hebrews 2:14

Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.

James 1:11

The sun rises. Its burning heat dries up the plants. Their blossoms fall. Their beauty is destroyed. In the same way, rich people will fade away. They fade away even as they go about their business.

1 Peter 2:24

“He himself carried our sins” in his body on the cross. (Isaiah 53:5) He did it so that we would die as far as sins are concerned. Then we would lead godly lives. “His wounds have healed you.” (Isaiah 53:5)

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven. “Write this,” it said. “Blessed are the dead who die as believers in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Holy Spirit. “They will rest from their labor. What they have done will not be forgotten.”