John 11:20-49

²⁰Therfor as Martha herde, that Jhesu cam, sche ran to hym; but Mary sat at home.

²¹Therfor Martha seide to Jhesu, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed.

²²But now Y woot, that what euere thingis thou schalt axe of God, God schal yyue to thee.

²³Jhesus seith to hir, Thi brother schal rise ayen.

²⁴Martha seith to hym, Y woot, that he schal rise ayen in the ayen risyng in the laste dai.

²⁵Jhesus seith to hir, Y am ayen risyng and lijf; he that bileueth in me, yhe, thouy he be deed,

²⁶he schal lyue; and ech that lyueth, and bileueth in me, schal not die with outen ende. Bileuest thou this thing?

²⁷Sche seith to hym, Yhe, Lord, Y haue bileued, that thou art Crist, the sone of the lyuynge God, that hast come in to this world.

²⁸And whanne sche hadde seid this thing, sche wente, and clepide Marie, hir sistir, in silence, and seide, The maister cometh, and clepith thee.

²⁹Sche, as sche herd, aroos anoon, and cam to hym.

³⁰And Jhesus cam not yit `in to the castel, but he was yit in that place, where Martha hadde comun ayens hym.

³¹Therfor the Jewis that weren with hir in the hous, and coumfortiden hir, whanne thei sayn Marie, that sche roos swithe, and wente out, thei sueden hir, and seiden, For sche goith to the graue, to wepe there.

³²But whanne Marie was comun where Jhesus was, sche seynge hym felde doun to his feet, and seide to hym, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed.

³³And therfor whanne Jhesu saiy hir wepyng, and the Jewis wepynge that weren with hir, he `made noise in spirit, and troblide hym silf,

³⁴and seide, Where han ye leid hym? Thei seien to hym, Lord, come, and se.

³⁵And Jhesus wepte.

³⁶Therfor the Jewis seiden, Lo! hou he louede hym.

³⁷And summe of hem seiden, Whethir this man that openyde the iyen of the borun blynde man, myyte not make that this schulde not die?

³⁸Therfor Jhesus eft makynge noise in hym silf, cam to the graue. And there was a denne, and a stoon was leid theronne.

³⁹And Jhesus seith, Take ye awey the stoon. Martha, the sistir of hym that was deed, seith to hym, Lord, he stynkith now, for he hath leye foure daies.

⁴⁰Jhesus seith to hir, Haue Y not seid to thee, that if thou bileuest, thou schalt se the glorie of God?

⁴¹Therfor thei token awei the stoon. And Jhesus lifte vp hise iyen, and seide, Fadir, Y do thankyngis to thee, for thou hast herd me; and Y wiste,

⁴²that thou euermore herist me, but for the puple that stondith aboute, Y seide, that thei bileue, that thou hast sent me.

⁴³Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he criede with a greet vois, Lazarus, come thou forth.

⁴⁴And anoon he that was deed, cam out, boundun the hondis and feet with boondis, and his face boundun with a sudarie. And Jhesus seith to hem, Vnbynde ye hym, and suffre ye hym to go forth.

⁴⁵Therfor many of the Jewis that camen to Marie and Martha, and seyn what thingis Jhesus dide, bileueden in hym.

⁴⁶But summe of hem wente to the Farisees, and seiden to hem, what thingis Jhesus `hadde don.

⁴⁷Therfor the bischopis and the Farisees gadriden a counsel ayens Jhesu, and seiden, What do we? for this man doith many myraclis.

⁴⁸If we leeue hym thus, alle men schulen bileue in hym; and Romayns schulen come, and schulen take our place and oure folk.

⁴⁹But oon of hem, Cayfas bi name, whanne he was bischop of that yeer, seide to hem,