26 Also, there is a big pit between you and us. No one can cross over to help you. And no one can leave there and come here.’
27 The rich man said, ‘Then please send Lazarus to my father’s house on earth!
28 I have five brothers. Lazarus could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.’
29 But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets to read; let them learn from them!’
30 The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! If someone came to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.’
31 But Abraham said to him, ‘No! If your brothers won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, then they won’t listen to someone who comes back from death.’”