John 11

Now a certain man was sick, named ^aLazarus, of ^bBethany, the town of ^cMary and her sister Martha. ²It ^dwas that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) ³Therefore his sisters sent unto him, ^esaying, Lord, behold, he whom thou ^flovest is sick. ⁴When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, ^gbut for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. ⁵Now Jesus ^floved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still ^hin the same place where he was. ⁷Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go ^hinto Judea again. ⁸His disciples say unto him, ⁱMaster, ^kthe Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? ⁹Jesus answered, ^lAre there not twelve hours in the day? ^mIf any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. ¹⁰But ⁿif a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. ¹¹These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our ^ffriend Lazarus ^osleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. ¹²Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall ^pdo well. ¹³Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. ¹⁶Then said ^qThomas, ^rwhich is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lien in the grave ^sfour days already. ¹⁸Now ^bBethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: ¹⁹and many of the Jews came ^tto Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. ²⁰Then Martha, ^uas soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary ^xsat still in the house. ²¹Then said Martha unto Jesus, ^yLord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ²²But I know, that even now, ^zwhatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. ²³Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. ²⁴Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again ^ain the resurrection at the last day. ²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am ^bthe resurrection, and the ^clife: ^dhe that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: ²⁶and whosoever liveth and believeth in me ^eshall never die. Believest thou this? ²⁷She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that ^fthou art the Christ, ^gthe Son of God, ^hwhich should come into the world. ²⁸And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, ⁱThe Master is come, and calleth for thee. ²⁹As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. ³⁰Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place ^kwhere Martha met him. ^31lThe Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, ^mthat she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. ³²Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she ⁿfell down at his feet, saying unto him, ^oLord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he ^pgroaned in the spirit, and was troubled, ³⁴and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. ^35qJesus wept. ³⁶Then said the Jews, Behold, ^rhow he loved him. ³⁷And some of them said, Could not this man, ^swhich opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? ³⁸Jesus therefore again ^pgroaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was ^ssa cave, and ^ta stone lay upon it. ³⁹Jesus said, ^uTake ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he ^vhath been dead four days. ⁴⁰Jesus saith unto her, ^wSaid I not unto thee, that, ^xif thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see ^ythe glory of God? ⁴¹Then they took away ^tthe stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus ^zlift up his eyes, and said, ^aFather, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. ⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but ^bbecause of the people which stand by I said it, that they may ^cbelieve that thou hast sent me. ⁴³And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, ^dLazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴And he that was dead came forth, ^ebound hand and foot with graveclothes: and ^fhis face was bound about with ^ga napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵Then ^hmany of the Jews which came to Mary, and ⁱhad seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. ⁴⁶But some of them went their ways to ^jthe Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. ⁴⁷Then ^kgathered the chief priests and the Pharisees ^la council, and said, ^mWhat do we? for this man doeth many miracles. ⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and ⁿthe Romans shall come and take away both our ^oplace and ^onation. ⁴⁹And one of them, named ^pCaiaphas, being the high priest ^qthat same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, ⁵⁰nor consider ^rthat it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. ⁵¹And this spake he not ^sof himself: but being high priest ^qthat year, ^the prophesied ^uthat Jesus should die for that nation; ^52uAnd ^xnot for that nation only, ^ybut that also he should ^zgather together in one ^athe children of God that were ^zscattered abroad. ⁵³Then from that day forth ^bthey took counsel together for to put him to death. ⁵⁴Jesus therefore ^cwalked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to ^dthe wilderness, into a city called ^eEphraim, and there continued with his disciples. ⁵⁵And ^fthe Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many ^gwent out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, ^hto purify themselves. ⁵⁶ⁱThen sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? ⁵⁷Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

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