John 11:1-44

The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

¹Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. ²And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” ⁴But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” ⁵(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.) ⁶So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. ⁷Then after this He *said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea again.” ⁸The disciples *said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and yet You are going there again?” ⁹Jesus replied, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” ¹¹This He said, and after this He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” ¹²The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will come out of it.” ¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about actual sleep. ¹⁴So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, ¹⁵and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” ¹⁶Therefore Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, so that we may die with Him!”

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.”

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