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1 Now
a certain man
was sick, Lazarus
from Bethany, of
the village of
Mary and
her sister, Martha.
2 It
was that Mary
who had anointed
the Lord with
ointment and wiped
his feet with
her hair,
whose brother Lazarus
was sick.
3 The sisters
therefore sent to
him, saying, “Lord,
behold, he for
whom you have great
affection is sick.”
4 But
when Jesus heard
it, he said,
“This sickness is
not to death,
but for the
glory of God,
that God’s Son
may be glorified
by it.”
5 Now
Jesus loved Martha,
and her sister,
and Lazarus.
6 When
therefore he heard
that he was sick,
he stayed two
days in the
place where he
was.
7 Then
after this he
said to the
disciples,
“Let’s go into
Judea again.”
8 The
disciples asked
him, “Rabbi, the
Jews were just
trying to stone
you. Are you
going there again?”
9 Jesus answered,
“Aren’t there
twelve hours of
daylight? If a
man walks in
the day,
he doesn’t
stumble, because
he sees the
light of this
world.
10 But if a
man walks in
the night, he
stumbles, because
the light isn’t
in him.”
11 He
said these things,
and after that,
he said to
them,
“Our friend
Lazarus has
fallen asleep,
but I am
going so that
I may awake him
out of
sleep.”
12 The
disciples therefore
said, “Lord, if
he has fallen
asleep, he will
recover.”
13 Now
Jesus had spoken
of his death,
but they thought
that he spoke
of taking rest in
sleep.
14 So
Jesus said to
them plainly then,
“Lazarus is dead.
15 I am glad
for your sakes
that I was
not there, so
that you may
believe. Nevertheless,
let’s go to
him.”
16 Thomas
therefore, who is
called Didymus,
said to his
fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that
we may die with
him.”
17 So
when Jesus came,
he found that
he had been
in the tomb
four days already.
18 Now Bethany
was near Jerusalem,
about fifteen stadia
away.
19 Many
of the Jews
had joined the women
around Martha and
Mary, to console
them concerning
their brother.
20 Then
when Martha heard
that Jesus was
coming, she went
and met him,
but Mary stayed
in the house.
21 Therefore
Martha said to
Jesus, “Lord, if
you would have
been here,
my brother wouldn’t
have died.
22 Even
now I know
that whatever
you ask of God,
God will give
you.”
23 Jesus
said to her,
“Your brother will rise
again.”
24 Martha
said to him, “I
know that he
will rise again in
the resurrection at
the last day.”
25 Jesus
said to her,
“I am
the resurrection and
the life. He
who believes in
me will still
live, even if
he dies.
26 Whoever lives
and believes in
me will
never die. Do
you believe
this?”
27 She
said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have
come to believe
that you are
the Christ, God’s
Son, he who
comes into the
world.”
28 When
she had said
this, she went away
and called Mary,
her sister, secretly,
saying, “The
Teacher is here
and is calling
you.”
29 When
she heard this,
she arose quickly
and went to
him.
30 Now
Jesus had not
yet come into
the village, but
was in the
place where Martha
met him.
31 Then
the Jews who
were with her
in the house
and were consoling
her, when they
saw Mary, that
she rose up
quickly and went
out, followed her,
saying, “She is
going to the
tomb to weep
there.”
32 Therefore
when Mary came
to where Jesus
was and saw
him, she fell
down at his
feet, saying to
him, “Lord, if
you would have
been here,
my brother wouldn’t
have died.”
33 When
Jesus therefore
saw her weeping,
and the Jews
weeping who came
with her, he
groaned in the
spirit and was
troubled,
34 and
said,
“Where have you
laid him?”
They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus
wept.
36 The
Jews therefore
said, “See how much
affection he had
for him!”
37 Some
of them said,
“Couldn’t this man,
who opened the
eyes of him
who was blind,
have also kept
this man
from dying?”
38 Jesus
therefore, again
groaning in
himself, came to
the tomb. Now
it was a
cave, and a
stone lay against
it.
39 Jesus
said,
“Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister
of him who
was dead, said
to him, “Lord,
by this time
there is a
stench, for he
has been dead
four days.”
40 Jesus
said to her,
“Didn’t I tell
you that if
you believed,
you would see
God’s glory?”
41 So
they took away the
stone from the
place where the dead man
was lying.
Jesus lifted up
his eyes and
said,
“Father, I
thank you that
you listened to
me.
42 I know that
you always
listen to me,
but because of
the multitude
standing around
I said this,
that they may
believe that
you sent me.”
43 When
he had said
this, he cried
with a loud
voice,
“Lazarus, come
out!”
44 He
who was dead
came out, bound
hand and foot
with wrappings,
and his face
was wrapped around
with a cloth.
Jesus said to
them,
“Free him, and
let him
go.”
45 Therefore
many of the
Jews who came
to Mary and
saw what Jesus
did believed in
him.
46 But
some of them
went away to the
Pharisees and told
them the things
which Jesus had
done.
47 The
chief priests therefore
and the Pharisees
gathered a council,
and said, “What
are we doing?
For this man
does many signs.
48 If
we leave him alone
like this,
everyone will
believe in him,
and the Romans
will come and
take away both our
place and our
nation.”
49 But
a certain one
of them, Caiaphas,
being high priest
that year, said
to them, “You
know nothing at
all,
50 nor
do you consider
that it
is advantageous for us
that one man
should die for the
people, and that
the whole nation
not perish.”
51 Now
he didn’t say
this of himself,
but being high priest
that year, he
prophesied that
Jesus would die
for the nation,
52 and
not for the
nation only, but
that he might
also gather
together into one
the children of
God who are
scattered abroad.
53 So
from that
day forward they
took counsel that
they might put him
to death.
54 Jesus
therefore walked
no more openly
among the Jews,
but departed from
there into the
country near the
wilderness, to a
city called
Ephraim. He stayed
there with his
disciples.
55 Now
the Passover of
the Jews was
at hand. Many
went up from
the country to
Jerusalem before
the Passover,
to purify themselves.
56 Then
they sought for
Jesus and spoke
with one another
as they stood
in the temple, “What
do you think—that
he isn’t coming
to the feast
at all?”
57 Now
the chief priests
and the Pharisees
had commanded that
if anyone knew
where he was,
he should report
it, that they
might seize him.