John 11:17-53

¹⁷So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. ¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away; ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother. ²⁰So then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed in the house. ²¹Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” ²³Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” ²⁴Martha *said to Him, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, ²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, and He who comes into the world.”

²⁸When she had said this, she left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹And when she heard this, she *got up quickly and came to Him.

³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha met Him. ³¹Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³²So when Mary came to the place where Jesus was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, ³⁴and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵Jesus wept. ³⁶So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!” ³⁷But some of them said, “Could this Man, who opened the eyes of the man who was blind, not have also kept this man from dying?”

³⁸So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. ³⁹Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” ⁴¹So they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴²But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.” ⁴³And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him. ⁴⁶But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

⁴⁷Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we doing in regard to the fact that this Man is performing many signs? ⁴⁸If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our place and our nation.” ⁴⁹But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰nor are you taking into account that it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” ⁵¹Now he did not say this on his own, but as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; ⁵²and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.