John 11:12-31

¹²The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he was speaking about the sleep of resting.

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

¹⁵I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there so that you may believe. Let us go to him.”

¹⁶Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go so that we may die with Jesus.”

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

¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

¹⁹Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them about their brother.

²⁰Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

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

²²Even now, I know that whatever you ask from God, he will give to you.”

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

²⁴Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, even if he dies, will live;

²⁶and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”

²⁸When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary privately. She said, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

²⁹When she heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

³¹So when the Jews, who were with her in the house and who were comforting her, saw Mary getting up quickly and going out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.