John:11:1-46
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Now a certain man was sick ,
Lazarus of Bethany ,
the town of Mary and her sister Martha .
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It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair ,
whose brother Lazarus was sick .
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Therefore the sisters sent to Him ,
saying , "
Lord ,
behold ,
he whom You love 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 may be glorified through it ."
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Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus .
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So ,
when He heard that he was sick ,
He stayed two more days in the place where He was .
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Then after this He said to the disciples , "
Let us go to Judea again ."
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The disciples said to Him , "
Rabbi ,
lately the Jews sought to stone You ,
and are You going there again ?"
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Jesus answered , "
Are there not twelve hours in the day ?
If anyone walks in the day ,
he does not stumble ,
because he sees the light of this world .
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But if one walks in the night ,
he stumbles ,
because the light is not in him ."
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These things He said ,
and after that He said to them , "
Our friend Lazarus sleeps ,
but I go that I may wake him up ."
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Then His disciples said , "
Lord ,
if he sleeps he will get well ."
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However ,
Jesus spoke of his death ,
but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep .
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Then Jesus said to them plainly , "
Lazarus is dead .
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And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there ,
that you may believe .
Nevertheless let us go to him ."
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Then Thomas ,
who is called the Twin ,
said to his fellow disciples , "
Let us also go ,
that we may die with Him ."
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So when Jesus came ,
He found that he had already been in the tomb four days .
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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem ,
about two miles away .
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And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary ,
to comfort them concerning their brother .
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Now Martha ,
as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming ,
went and met Him ,
but Mary was sitting in the house .
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Now Martha said to Jesus , "
Lord ,
if You had been here ,
my brother would not have died .
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But 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 ,
though he may die ,
he shall live .
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And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die .
Do you believe this ?"
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She said to Him , "
Yes ,
Lord ,
I believe that You are the Christ ,
the Son of God ,
who is to come into the world ."
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And when she had said these things ,
she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister ,
saying , "
The Teacher has come and is calling for you ."
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As soon as she heard that ,
she arose quickly and came to Him .
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Now Jesus had not yet come into the town ,
but was in the place where Martha met Him .
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Then the Jews who were with her in the house ,
and comforting her ,
when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out ,
followed her ,
saying , "
She is going to the tomb to weep there ."
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Then ,
when Mary came where Jesus was ,
and saw Him ,
she fell down at His feet ,
saying to Him , "
Lord ,
if You had been here ,
my brother would not have died ."
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Therefore ,
when Jesus saw her weeping ,
and the Jews who came with her weeping ,
He groaned in the spirit and was troubled .
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And He said , "
Where have you laid him ?"
They said to Him , "
Lord ,
come and see ."
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Jesus wept .
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Then the Jews said , "
See how He loved him !"
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And some of them said , "
Could not this Man ,
who opened the eyes of the blind ,
also have kept this man from dying ?"
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Then Jesus ,
again groaning in Himself ,
came to the tomb .
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 , "
Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God ?"
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Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying .
And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said , "
Father ,
I thank You that You have heard Me .
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And I know that You always hear Me ,
but because of the people who are standing by I said this ,
that they may believe that You sent Me ."
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Now when He had said these things ,
He cried with a loud voice , "
Lazarus ,
come forth !"
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And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes ,
and his face was wrapped with a cloth .
Jesus said to them , "
Loose him ,
and let him go ."
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Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary ,
and had seen the things Jesus did ,
believed in Him .
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But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did .
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