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Andδέhe said,εἶπεν‘ThenοὖνI askἘρωτῶyou,σεfather,πάτερtoἵναsendπέμψῃςhimαὐτὸνtoεἰςmy father’sτοῦ πατρός μουhouseτὸν οἶκον—
Luke 16:27
Study it in the app“And he said, ‘Then I ask you, father, to send him to my father’s house —”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:27, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- I askἘρωτῶErōtō
request
To ask someone to do something.
Where else “Erōtō” appears- fatherπάτερpater
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “pater” appears- sendπέμψῃςpempsēis
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsēis” appears- houseοἶκονoikon
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikon” appears
The context
26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot, nor may anyone cross from there to us.’
27 · This verse (above)
28for I have five brothers —so that he may testify to them, so that they also may not come to this place of torment.’
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?