John:11:1-16

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* Now a man named Lazarus was ill . He was from Bethany , the village of Mary and her sister Martha * - it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair , whose brother Lazarus was ill . * So the sisters sent to him , saying . "Master , see who you hold dear is ill ." * When Jesus heard it he said , "This illness is not unto death , but for the glory of God , that through it the Son of God may be glorified ." * Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus . * However , when he heard that he was ill , * he still remained where he was for two days ; then after that he said to his disciples , "Let us go back again to Judea ." * "Rabbi ," answered his disciples , "it was but just now that the Jews were trying to stone you , and are you going there again ?" * Jesus replied . "Are there not twelve hours in the daytime ? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble , because he beholds the light of this world ; * but if any one walks during the night he does stumble , because the light is not in him ." * This he said , then told them , "Lazarus , our friend , has fallen asleep , but I am going to wake him ." * "Master , if he has fallen asleep , he will get well ," replied the disciples . * Now Jesus had been speaking concerning his death , but they thought that he was talking about natural sleep . * So then he told them plainly . * "Lazarus is dead ; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there , in order that you may believe . Come , let us go to him ." * Upon this Thomas , who was called "The Twin ," said to his fellow disciples , "Let us go too , that we may die with him ."

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