23. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:
24. And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
25. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
26. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.
27. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
28. That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
29. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
31. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.