John 11:20-47

²⁰When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed home.

²¹Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

²²Even now I know that God will give you whatever You ask of Him.”

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

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

²⁵Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live even if they die,

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

²⁷“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I have believed that You are the Christ, God’s Son, who was to come into the world.”

²⁸When she had said this, she went back and called Mary, her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here, and is asking for you.”

²⁹When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to Him.

³⁰Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha met Him.

³¹The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

³²When Mary came to where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”

³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.

³⁴He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They replied, “Lord, come and see.”

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”

³⁷But some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man from dying?”

³⁸Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was placed against the entrance.

³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the boulder.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, because he has been dead four days.”

⁴⁰Jesus told her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you would believe you would see God’s glory?”

⁴¹Then they took the boulder away from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard me.

⁴²I know that You always hear me, but because of the people who are standing here I said this, that they may believe that You sent me.”

⁴³Now when He had said these things, He called loudly, “Lazarus, come out!”

⁴⁴He who had died came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus told them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did.

⁴⁷Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What are we doing? For this Man performs many signs.