John 11:1-23

¹Now there was a certain man who was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

²Now it was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with myrrh, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

³Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

⁴And when Jesus heard, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

⁶Therefore when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed in the place where He was for two days.

⁷Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁸The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, just now the Jews were seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”

⁹Jesus 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.

¹⁰But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

¹¹These things He said, and after this He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him.”

¹²Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep he will get well.”

¹³However, Jesus spoke about his death, but they thought that He was speaking about resting in sleep.

¹⁴Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And I rejoice for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

¹⁶Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

¹⁷Therefore when He had come, Jesus found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.

¹⁹And many of the Jews had come to the women around Martha and Mary, so that they might console them concerning their brother.

²⁰Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

²¹Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

²²But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God, God will give You.”

²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”