104 He answered me, “Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is a day of decision, and displays to all the seal of truth. Even as now a father doesn’t send his son, or a son his father, or a master his slave, or a friend him that is most dear, that in his place he may understand, or sleep, or eat, or be healed, (WEB) 105 so no one will ever pray for another in that day, neither will one lay a burden on another, for then everyone will each bear his own righteousness or unrighteousness.” (WEB) 106 I answered, “How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the ancestors who sinned in the wilderness, (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:104–106
Semantically similar passages
2 Esdras 7:110–112
110 and Hezekiah for the people in the days of Sennacherib, and many others prayed for many? (WEB) 111 If therefore now, when corruption has grown and unrighteousness increased, the righteous have prayed for the ungodly, why will it not be so then also?” (WEB) 112 He answered me, “Thi… (WEB)
2 Enoch 53:1–2
1 AND now, my children, do not say: 'Our father is standing before God, and is praying for our sins,' for there is there no helper of any man who has sinned. (2EN) 2 You see how I wrote all works of every man, before his creation, all that is done amongst all men for al… (2EN)
Secret Book of James 1:40–42
40 “Be like foreigners. How are they viewed in your city? Why are you disturbed when you cast yourselves out on your own and separate yourselves from your city? Why do you leave your dwelling on your own and make it available for those who want to live in it? Yo… (SJM)
2 Esdras 5:40–42
40 Then said he to me, “Just as you can do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so you can’t find out my judgment, or the end of the love that I have promised to my people.” (WEB) 41 I said, “But, behold, O Lord, you have made the promise to those who are aliv… (WEB)
Book of Enoch 97:4–6
4 Yea, ye shall fare like unto them, Against whom this word shall be a testimony: “Ye have been companions of sinners.” (ENO) 5 And in those days the prayer of the righteous shall reach unto the Lord, And for you the days of your judgement shall come. (ENO) 6 And all the words o… (ENO)
2 Esdras 7:40–42
40 neither cloud, nor thunder, nor lightning, neither wind, nor water, nor air, neither darkness, nor evening, nor morning, (WEB) 41 neither summer, nor spring, nor heat, nor winter, neither frost, nor cold, nor hail, nor rain, nor dew, (WEB) 42 neither noon, nor night, nor dawn, n… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:45–47
45 I answered, “I said then, O Lord, and I say now: Blessed are those who are now alive and keep your commandments! (WEB) 46 But what about those for whom I prayed? For who is there of those who are alive who has not sinned, and who of the children of men hasn’t transgres… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:16–18
16 Why haven’t you considered in your mind that which is to come, rather than that which is present?” (WEB) 17 Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, behold, you have ordained in your law that the righteous will inherit these things, but that the ungodly will perish. (WEB)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources