John:11

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* Now a certain man was ill , Laz 'arus of Bethany , the village of Mary and her sister Martha . * It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair , whose brother Laz 'arus was ill . * So the sisters sent to him , saying , "Lord , he whom you love is ill ." * But when Jesus heard it he said , "This illness is not unto death ; it is for the glory of God , so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it ." * Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz 'arus . * So when he heard that he was ill , he stayed two days longer in the place where he was . * Then after this he said to the disciples , "Let us go into Judea again ." * The disciples said to him , "Rabbi , the Jews were but now seeking to stone you , and are you going there again ?" * Jesus answered , "Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If any one walks in the day , he does not stumble , because he sees the light of this world . * But if any one walks in the night , he stumbles , because the light is not in him ." * Thus he spoke , and then he said to them , "Our friend Laz 'arus has fallen asleep , but I go to awake him out of sleep ." * The disciples said to him , "Lord , if he has fallen asleep , he will recover ." * Now Jesus had spoken of his death , but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep . * Then Jesus told them plainly , "Laz 'arus is dead ; * and for your sake I am glad that I was not there , so that you may believe . But let us go to him ." * Thomas , called the Twin , said to his fellow disciples , "Let us also go , that we may die with him ." * Now when Jesus came , he found that Laz 'arus had already been in the tomb four days . * Bethany was near Jerusalem , about two miles off , * and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother . * When Martha heard that Jesus was coming , she went and met him , while Mary sat in the house . * Martha said to Jesus , "Lord , if you had been here , my brother would not have died . * And even now I know that whatever you ask from God , God will give you ." * Jesus said to her , "Your brother will rise again ." * Martha said to him , "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day ." * Jesus said to her , "I am the resurrection and the life ; he who believes in me , though he die , yet shall he live , * and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die . Do you believe this ?" * She said to him , "Yes , Lord ; I believe that you are the Christ , the Son of God , he who is coming into the world ." * When she had said this , she went and called her sister Mary , saying quietly , "The Teacher is here and is calling for you ." * And when she heard it , she rose quickly and went to him . * Now Jesus had not yet come to the village , but was still in the place where Martha had met him . * When the Jews who were with her in the house , consoling her , saw Mary rise quickly and go out , they followed her , supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there . * Then Mary , when she came where Jesus was and saw him , fell at his feet , saying to him , "Lord , if you had been here , my brother would not have died ." * When Jesus saw her weeping , and the Jews who came with her also weeping , he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled ; * and he said , "Where have you laid him ?" They said to him , "Lord , come and see ." * Jesus wept . * So the Jews said , "See how he loved him !" * But some of them said , "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying ?" * Then Jesus , deeply moved again , came to the tomb ; it was a cave , and a stone lay upon it . * Jesus said , "Take away the stone ." Martha , the sister of the dead man , said to him , "Lord , by this time there will be an odor , for he has been dead four days ." * Jesus said to her , "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God ?" * So they took away the stone . And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said , "Father , I thank thee that thou hast heard me . * I knew that thou hearest me always , but I have said this on account of the people standing by , that they may believe that thou didst send me ." * When he had said this , he cried with a loud voice , "Laz 'arus , come out ." * The dead man came out , his hands and feet bound with bandages , and his face wrapped with a cloth . Jesus said to them , "Unbind him , and let him go ." * Many of the Jews therefore , who had come with Mary and had seen what he did , believed in him ; * but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done . * So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council , and said , "What are we to do ? For this man performs many signs . * If we let him go on thus , every one will believe in him , and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation ." * But one of them , Ca 'iaphas , who was high priest that year , said to them , "You know nothing at all ; * you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people , and that the whole nation should not perish ." * He did not say this of his own accord , but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation , * and not for the nation only , but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad . * So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death . * Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews , but went from there to the country near the wilderness , to a town called E 'phraim ; and there he stayed with the disciples . * Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand , and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover , to purify themselves . * They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple , "What do you think ? That he will not come to the feast ?" * Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if any one knew where he was , he should let them know , so that they might arrest him .

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