1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick. 4When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7Then after this He said to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and do You go there again? 9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the Light is not in him. 11These things He said, and after that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up. 12Then His disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps he will get well. 13However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus has died. 15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him. 16Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him. 17So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You. 23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. 24Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes into Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26And everyone living and believing into Me shall never ever die. Do you believe this? 27She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world. 28And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, The Teacher is here and calls for you. 29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there. 32Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 33Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34And He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see. 35Jesus wept. 36Then the Jews said, See how He loved him. 37And some of them said, Would not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have been able to keep this man from dying? 38Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for it is four days. 40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God? 41Then they took away the stone from where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me. 43And when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus! Out here! Now! 44And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go. 45Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed into Him. 46But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? For this Man performs many signs. 48If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe into Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. 49And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, 50nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish. 51Now this he did not say from himself; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, 52and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together into one the children of God who had been scattered abroad. 53Then, from that day on, they took counsel to kill Him. 54Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples. 55And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, What do you think; that He will not come to the feast? 57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.