John 11:12-36

¹²Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

¹³Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

¹⁶Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

¹⁷Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

¹⁸Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

¹⁹And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

²⁰When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

²¹Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

²²But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

²³Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

²⁴Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

²⁵Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

²⁶And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

²⁷She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

²⁸And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

²⁹And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

³⁰Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

³¹Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

³²When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

³³And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

³⁴And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

³⁵And Jesus himself was weeping.

³⁶So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!