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Luke 16:22

Luke 16:22

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that: Job 3:13-19; Isaiah 57:1-2; Revelation 14:13

was carried: Psalms 91:11-12; Matthew 13:38-43, Matthew 24:31; Hebrews 2:14

Abraham's: Matthew 8:11; John 13:23, John 21:20

the rich: Luke 12:20; Job 21:13, Job 21:30-32; Psalms 49:6-12, Psalms 49:16-19, Psalms 73:18-20; Proverbs 14:32; Mark 8:36; James 1:11; 1 Peter 2:24

and was buried: 2 Kings 9:34-35; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Isaiah 14:18, Isaiah 22:16

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