Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
But Mary was she that anointed the Lord with unguent, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
The sisters then sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
But when Jesus heard, he said, This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he then remained two days in the place where he was;
then after this he saith to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.
The disciples say to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day?
If one walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world; but if one walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.
These things said he, and after this he saith to them, Lazarus our friend is fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him.
Therefore said the disciples to him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.
But Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he was speaking of the rest of sleep.
Then therefore said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead;
and I rejoice on your account that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go unto him.
Thomas therefore, that is called Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Jesus therefore, on coming, found that he was four days in the tomb.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary that they might comfort them concerning their brother.
Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, met him; but Mary was sitting in the house.
Martha then said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
And now I know that, whatsoever thou mayest ask of God, God will give thee.
Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he have died, shall live;
and every one that liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
She saith to him, Yea, Lord, I do believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, that should come into the world.
And having said this she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.
When she heard [it], she riseth quickly, and cometh unto him.
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha came to meet him.
The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, having seen Mary that she quickly rose up and went out, followed her, thinking she goeth unto the tomb, that she may weep there.
Mary therefore when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and troubled himself,
and said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.
The Jews therefore said, Behold, how he loved him!
And some of them said, Could not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that this [man] also should not have died?
Jesus therefore again, deeply moved in himself, cometh unto the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith to him, Lord, he already stinketh, for he is four days [dead].
Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
They took away therefore the stone; and Jesus lifted his eyes upward, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always; but on account of the crowd that standeth around I said [it], that they may believe that thou didst send me.
And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
And the dead came forth, having the feet and the hands bound with grave clothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go.
Many of the Jews therefore that came to Mary, and beheld what he did, believed on him;
but some of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did.
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered together a council, and said, What do we, for this man doeth many signs?
[and] if we leave him thus, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest of that year, said to them, Ye know nothing,
nor reckon that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.
Now this he said not from himself, but, being high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
From that day therefore they consulted that they might kill him.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, unto a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with the disciples.
But the Passover of the Jews was near; and many went up unto Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover, that they might purify themselves.
They were seeking therefore Jesus, and said among themselves, standing in the temple, What think ye? That he will not at all come unto the feast?
Now the high priest and the Pharisees had given commandment that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform, that they might seize him.