John 11:10-22

¹⁰but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.”

¹¹And, when he had said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may wake him.”

¹²“If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,” said the disciples.

¹³But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

¹⁴Then he said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead;

¹⁵and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.”

¹⁶At this, Thomas, who was called ‘The Twin,’ said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”

¹⁷When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.

¹⁸Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,

¹⁹a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of brother's death.

²⁰When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.

²¹“Master,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

²²Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.”