John 11:1–17

¹Now there was a certain man sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister. ²It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. ⁴But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it. ⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was. ⁷Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. ⁸The disciples say to him, Rabbi, even but now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again? ⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world; ¹⁰but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. ¹¹These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. ¹²The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well. ¹³But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep. ¹⁴Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died. ¹⁵And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us go to him. ¹⁶Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Jesus therefore on arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.