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11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
11:2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
11:3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, �Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.�
11:4 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.�
11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
11:6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
11:7 Then after this he said to the disciples, �Let�s go into Judea again.�
11:8 The disciples told him, �Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?�
11:9 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.
11:10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn�t in him.�
11:11 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.�
11:12 The disciples therefore said, �Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.�
11:13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
11:14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, �Lazarus is dead.
11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let�s go to him.�
11:16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, �Let�s go also, that we may die with him.�
11:17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
11:19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
11:20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
11:21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, �Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn�t have died.
11:22 Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.�
11:23 Jesus said to her, �Your brother will rise again.�
11:24 Martha said to him, �I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.�
11:25 Jesus said to her, �I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
11:26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?�
11:27 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.�
11:28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, �The Teacher is here, and is calling you.�
11:29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
11:31 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.�
11:32 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.�
11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
11:34 and said, �Where have you laid him?� They told him, �Lord, come and see.�
11:35 Jesus wept.
11:36 The Jews therefore said, �See how much affection he had for him!�
11:37 Some of them said, �Couldn�t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?�
11:38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
11:39 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.�
11:40 Jesus said to her, �Didn�t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God�s glory?�
11:41 So they took away the stone 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.
11:42 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.�
11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, �Lazarus, come out!�
11:44 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.�
11:45 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
11:46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.
11:47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, �What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
11:48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.�
11:49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, �You know nothing at all,
11:50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.�
11:51 Now he didn�t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
11:52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
11:53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
11:55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
11:56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, �What do you think�that he isn�t coming to the feast at all?�
11:57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.