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Now a certain man was sick ,
Lazarus from Bethany ,
of the village of Mary and her sister ,
Martha .
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It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment ,
and wiped his feet with her hair ,
whose brother ,
Lazarus ,
was sick .
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The sisters therefore sent to him ,
saying , "
Lord ,
behold ,
he for whom you have great affection is sick ."
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But when Jesus heard it ,
he said , "
This sickness is not to death ,
but for the glory of God ,
that God '
s Son may be glorified by it ."
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Now Jesus loved Martha ,
and her sister ,
and Lazarus .
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When therefore he heard that he was sick ,
he stayed two days in the place where he was .
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Then after this he said to the disciples , "
Let '
s go into Judea again ."
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The disciples told him , "
Rabbi ,
the Jews were just trying to stone you ,
and are you going there again ?"
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Jesus answered , "
Aren '
t there twelve hours of daylight ?
If a man walks in the day ,
he doesn '
t stumble ,
because he sees the light of this world .
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But if a man walks in the night ,
he stumbles ,
because the light isn '
t in him ."
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He said these things ,
and after that ,
he said to them , "
Our friend ,
Lazarus ,
has fallen asleep ,
but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep ."
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The disciples therefore said , "
Lord ,
if he has fallen asleep ,
he will recover ."
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Now Jesus had spoken of his death ,
but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep .
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So Jesus said to them plainly then , "
Lazarus is dead .
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I am glad for your sakes that I was not there ,
so that you may believe .
Nevertheless ,
let '
s go to him ."
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Thomas therefore ,
who is called Didymus , {"
Didymus "
means "
Twin "}
said to his fellow disciples , "
Let '
s go also ,
that we may die with him ."
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So when Jesus came ,
he found that he had been in the tomb four days already .
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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem ,
about fifteen stadia {
15 stadia is about 2 .
8 kilometers or 1 .
7 miles }
away .
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Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary ,
to console them concerning their brother .
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Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming ,
she went and met him ,
but Mary stayed in the house .
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Therefore Martha said to Jesus , "
Lord ,
if you would have been here ,
my brother wouldn '
t have died .
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Even now I know that ,
whatever you ask of God ,
God will give you ."
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Jesus said to her , "
Your brother will rise again ."
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Martha said to him , "
I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day ."
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Jesus said to her , "
I am the resurrection and the life .
He who believes in me will still live ,
even if he dies .
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Whoever lives and believes in me will never die .
Do you believe this ?"
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She said to him , "
Yes ,
Lord .
I have come to believe that you are the Christ ,
God '
s Son ,
he who comes into the world ."
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When she had said this ,
she went away ,
and called Mary ,
her sister ,
secretly ,
saying , "
The Teacher is here ,
and is calling you ."
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When she heard this ,
she arose quickly ,
and went to him .
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Now Jesus had not yet come into the village ,
but was in the place where Martha met him .
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Then the Jews who were with her in the house ,
and were consoling her ,
when they saw Mary ,
that she rose up quickly and went out ,
followed her ,
saying , "
She is going to the tomb to weep there ."
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Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was ,
and saw him ,
she fell down at his feet ,
saying to him , "
Lord ,
if you would have been here ,
my brother wouldn '
t have died ."
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When Jesus therefore saw her weeping ,
and the Jews weeping who came with her ,
he groaned in the spirit ,
and was troubled ,
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and said , "
Where have you laid him ?"
They told him , "
Lord ,
come and see ."
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Jesus wept .
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The Jews therefore said , "
See how much affection he had for him !"
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Some of them said , "
Couldn '
t this man ,
who opened the eyes of him who was blind ,
have also kept this man from dying ?"
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Jesus therefore ,
again groaning in himself ,
came to the tomb .
Now it was a cave ,
and a stone lay against it .
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Jesus said , "
Take away the stone ."
Martha ,
the sister of him who was dead ,
said to him , "
Lord ,
by this time there is a stench ,
for he has been dead four days ."
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Jesus said to her , "
Didn '
t I tell you that if you believed ,
you would see God '
s glory ?"
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So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying . {
NU omits "
from the place where the dead man was lying ."}
Jesus lifted up his eyes ,
and said , "
Father ,
I thank you that you listened to me .
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I know that you always listen to me ,
but because of the multitude that stands around I said this ,
that they may believe that you sent me ."
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When he had said this ,
he cried with a loud voice , "
Lazarus ,
come out !"
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He who was dead came out ,
bound hand and foot with wrappings ,
and his face was wrapped around with a cloth .
Jesus said to them , "
Free him ,
and let him go ."
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Therefore many of the Jews ,
who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did ,
believed in him .
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But some of them went away to the Pharisees ,
and told them the things which Jesus had done .