Luke 16:26

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Cross-references

Psalm 49:14 Allusion

Psalm 49:14 depicts the rich going to Sheol with no dwelling — echoing the fixed chasm and irreversible separation after death.

Matthew 25:46 Related theme

Matthew 25:46 directly states eternal punishment vs eternal life, the same final separation depicted here.

2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 describes the final separation of righteous and wicked at Christ's coming, matching the unbridgeable chasm here.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Related theme

In 2 Thessalonians 1:9, eternal destruction away from God's presence parallels the fixed chasm — both describe irreversible separation from blessing.

Revelation 22:11 Related theme

Revelation 22:11 declares finality of character after judgment — no change possible, mirroring the impossibility of crossing the chasm.

Isaiah 38:18 says Sheol cannot praise God — the dead are cut off from worship, similar to the rich man's inability to cross to Abraham.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 says the living have hope but the dead do not — that finality echoes why no one can cross the fixed chasm.