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THERE was a certain man sick \'
97 Lazarus of Bethany ,
of the village of Mary and Martha her sister .
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It was that Mary who anointed the Master with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick .
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So the sisters sent to Jesus ,
saying , "
Master ,
he whom you love is sick ."
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When Jesus heard it he said ,
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Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus .
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So when he heard that he was sick ,
he stayed where he was two days .
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Then ,
after that ,
he said to the disciples ,
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The disciples said to him , "
Rabbi ,
just now the Jews were trying to stone you ,
and are you going there again ?"
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Jesus answered ,
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John:11:10 " />
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He said this ,
and then he said to them ,
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The disciples said to him , "
Master ,
if he has fallen asleep ,
he will recover ."
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But Jesus had spoken of his death .
They thought that he was speaking of the repose of sleep .
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Then Jesus said to them frankly ,
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John:11:15 " />
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Thomas ,
who is called Didymus (
note :)
the Twin (:
note ),
said to his fellow disciples , "
Let us go too to die with him ."
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When Jesus came he found that Lazarus had been already four days in the tomb .
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Bethany was near Jerusalem ,
about two miles away ,
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and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them regarding their brother .
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When Martha heard that Jesus was coming ,
she went out to meet him .
Mary was sitting in the house .
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Martha said to Jesus , "
Master ,
if you had been here my brother would not have died .
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And now I know that whatever you ask God for ,
God will give you ."
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Jesus said to her ,
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Martha said to him , "
I know that he will rise at the resurrection on the last day ."
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Jesus said to her ,
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She said to him , "
Yes ,
Master .
I believe that you are the Christ ,
the Son of God ,
who was to come into the world ."
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Having said this ,
she went away and called Mary her sister ,
saying to her privately , "
The Teacher is here and is asking for you ."
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She ,
when she heard it ,
rose quickly and went to meet him .
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Jesus had not yet come into the village ,
but was still in the place where Martha had met him .
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The Jews who were with Mary in the house trying to comfort her ,
seeing her rise quickly and go out ,
followed thinking that she was going to the tomb to wail there .
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When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him ,
she fell at his feet ,
saying , "
Master ,
if you had been here my brother would not have died ."
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When Jesus saw her weeping ,
and the Jews who had come with her weeping ,
he was indignant in spirit and disturbed ,
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and said ,
They said to him , "
Master ,
come and see ."
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Jesus wept .
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The Jews said , "
See ,
how he loved him !"
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Some of them said , "
Could not this man ,
who opened the eyes of the blind ,
have prevented this man from dying ?"
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Jesus ,
again indignant ,
came to the tomb .
It was a cave ,
and a stone was lying on the entrance .
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Jesus said ,
Martha ,
the sister of the dead man ,
said to him , "
Master ,
he is already offensive ,
for he has been dead four days ."
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Jesus said to her ,
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So they took away the stone .
Jesus lifted up his eyes and said ,
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After saying this he called in a loud voice ,
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Forth came the dead man ,
swathed feet and hands in grave-clothes and his face bound up in a handkerchief .
Jesus said ,
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Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen what Jesus did believed in him .
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But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done .