John 11:12-29

¹²His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.

¹⁴Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there, that you may believe: but let us go to him.

¹⁶Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four days already in the grave.

¹⁸(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

¹⁹And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus had come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home.

²¹Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²²But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴Martha saith to him: I know that he shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

²⁶And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?

²⁷She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of the living God, who art come into this world.

²⁸And when she had said these things, she went, and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁹She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly, and cometh to him.