John 11:6-40

⁶Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.

⁷Then, after that, he said to his disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

⁸“Rabbi,” they replied, “the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?”

⁹“Are not there twelve hours in the day?” answered Jesus. “If someone walks about in the daytime, they don't stumble, because they can see the light of the sun;

¹⁰but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.”

¹¹And, when he had said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may wake him.”

¹²“If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,” said the disciples.

¹³But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

¹⁴Then he said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead;

¹⁵and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.”

¹⁶At this, Thomas, who was called ‘The Twin,’ said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”

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

¹⁸Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,

¹⁹a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of brother's death.

²⁰When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.

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

²²Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.”

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

²⁴“I know that he will,” replied Martha, “in the resurrection at the Last day.”

²⁵“I am the resurrection and the life,” said Jesus. “He who believes in me will live, though he die;

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

²⁷“Yes Master,” she answered; “I have learnt to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

²⁸After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered, “The teacher is here, and is asking for you.”

²⁹As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.

³⁰Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

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

³²When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. “Master,” she exclaimed, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died!”

³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.

³⁴“Where have you buried him?” he asked. “Come and see, Master,” they answered.

³⁵Jesus burst into tears.

³⁶“How he must have loved him!” the people exclaimed;

³⁷but some of them said, “Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?”

³⁸Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.

³⁹“Move the stone away,” said Jesus. “Master,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death.”

⁴⁰“Didn't I tell you,” replied Jesus, “that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?”