“THEY WILL NOT BE CONVINCED EVEN IF SOMEONE RISES FROM THE DEAD”
I preached a sermon once on that very verse. Jesus was basically saying “They are not listening so it doesn’t matter what you do”. Lazarus represented the religious leaders who couldn’t be convinced they were wrong. Besides, they were making good money by being wrong.
The concept of Lazarus being in the bosom of Abraham was foreign to them because Lazarus had obviously sinned to cause his situation of uncleanliness.
Sorry the rich man was the religious leaders
All have sinned, and salvation is for sinners. If you are contending that they would have assumed his unworthiness from his situation, I get that. If you are saying that Jesus intended his hearers to make that inference, I am puzzled.