John:11
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Now a certain man was sick ,
named Lazarus ,
of Bethany ,
the town of Mary and her sister Martha .
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It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment ,
and wiped his feet with her hair ,
whose brother Lazarus was sick .)
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Therefore his sisters sent unto him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
behold ,
he whom thou lovest is sick .
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When Jesus heard that ,
he said ,
This sickness is not unto death ,
but for the glory of God ,
that the Son of God might be glorified thereby .
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Now Jesus loved Martha ,
and her sister ,
and Lazarus .
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When he had heard therefore that he was sick ,
he abode two days still in the same place where he was .
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Then after that saith he to his disciples ,
Let us go into Judaea again .
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His disciples say unto him ,
Master ,
the Jews of late sought to stone thee ;
and goest thou thither again ?
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Jesus answered ,
Are there not twelve hours in the day ?
If any man walk in the day ,
he stumbleth not ,
because he seeth the light of this world .
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But if a man walk in the night ,
he stumbleth ,
because there is no light in him .
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These things said he :
and after that he saith unto them ,
Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ;
but I go ,
that I may awake him out of sleep .
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Then said his disciples ,
Lord ,
if he sleep ,
he shall do well .
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Howbeit Jesus spake of his death :
but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep .
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Then said Jesus unto them plainly ,
Lazarus is dead .
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And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there ,
to the intent ye may believe ;
nevertheless let us go unto him .
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Then said Thomas ,
which is called Didymus ,
unto his fellow disciples ,
Let us also go ,
that we may die with him .
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Then when Jesus came ,
he found that he had lain in the grave four days already .
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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem ,
about fifteen furlongs off :
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And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary ,
to comfort them concerning their brother .
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Then Martha ,
as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming ,
went and met him :
but Mary sat still in the house .
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Then said Martha unto Jesus ,
Lord ,
if thou hadst been here ,
my brother had not died .
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But I know ,
that even now ,
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God ,
God will give it thee .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
Thy brother shall rise again .
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Martha saith unto him ,
I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day .
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Jesus said unto her ,
I am the resurrection ,
and the life :
he that believeth in me ,
though he were dead ,
yet shall he live :
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And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die .
Believest thou this ?
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She saith unto him ,
Yea ,
Lord :
I believe that thou art the Christ ,
the Son of God ,
which should come into the world .
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And when she had so said ,
she went her way ,
and called Mary her sister secretly ,
saying ,
The Master is come ,
and calleth for thee .
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As soon as she heard that ,
she arose quickly ,
and came unto him .
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Now Jesus was not yet come into the town ,
but was in that place where Martha met him .
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The Jews then which were with her in the house ,
and comforted her ,
when they saw Mary ,
that she rose up hastily and went out ,
followed her ,
saying ,
She goeth unto the grave to weep there .
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Then when Mary was come where Jesus was ,
and saw him ,
she fell down at his feet ,
saying unto him ,
Lord ,
if thou hadst been here ,
my brother had not died .
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When Jesus therefore saw her weeping ,
and the Jews also weeping which came with her ,
he groaned in the spirit ,
and was troubled ,
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And said ,
Where have ye laid him ?
They said unto him ,
Lord ,
come and see .
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Jesus wept .
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Then said the Jews ,
Behold how he loved him !
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And some of them said ,
Could not this man ,
which opened the eyes of the blind ,
have caused that even this man should not have died ?
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Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave .
It was a cave ,
and a stone lay upon it .
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Jesus said ,
Take ye away the stone .
Martha ,
the sister of him that was dead ,
saith unto him ,
Lord ,
by this time he stinketh :
for he hath been dead four days .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
Said I not unto thee ,
that ,
if thou wouldest believe ,
thou shouldest see the glory of God ?
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Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid .
And Jesus lifted up his eyes ,
and said ,
Father ,
I thank thee that thou hast heard me .
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And I knew that thou hearest me always :
but because of the people which stand by I said it ,
that they may believe that thou hast sent me .
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And when he thus had spoken ,
he cried with a loud voice ,
Lazarus ,
come forth .
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And he that was dead came forth ,
bound hand and foot with graveclothes :
and his face was bound about with a napkin .
Jesus saith unto them ,
Loose him ,
and let him go .
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Then many of the Jews which came to Mary ,
and had seen the things which Jesus did ,
believed on him .
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But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees ,
and told them what things Jesus had done .
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council ,
and said ,
What do we ?
for this man doeth many miracles .
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If we let him thus alone ,
all men will believe on him :
and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation .
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And one of them ,
named Caiaphas ,
being the high priest that same year ,
said unto them ,
Ye know nothing at all ,
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Nor consider that it is expedient for us ,
that one man should die for the people ,
and that the whole nation perish not .
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And this spake he not of himself :
but being high priest that year ,
he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ;
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And not for that nation only ,
but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad .
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Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death .
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Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews ;
but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness ,
into a city called Ephraim ,
and there continued with his disciples .
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And the Jews '
passover was nigh at hand :
and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover ,
to purify themselves .
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Then sought they for Jesus ,
and spake among themselves ,
as they stood in the temple ,
What think ye ,
that he will not come to the feast ?
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Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment ,
that ,
if any man knew where he were ,
he should shew it ,
that they might take him .