Some people just won't listen. That's what Jesus had concluded. He tells a parable about a rich man and a poor man, whose situations in the afterlife are the opposite to what they experienced on earth.
It's the rich man who has the focus, and we see him full of regrets for his thoughtless life. He's still a bit arrogant, trying to order poor Lazarus around and get him to fetch a drink of water. But he is thinking about his brothers, and wants to do what he can to prevent them ending up where he is.
So he dreams up another job for the ex-beggar, now he's got to be a messenger boy and warn the brothers to mend their ways.
But Father Abraham is having none of it. Let them read the Bible! It's all in there. No, but if someone rises from the dead, then they will listen, surely? No one can ignore a sign as big as that!
Can't they?
Just you wait, Pharisees. Soon you'll have the chance to ignore Jesus on an even bigger scale than ever before. Enjoy it.
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