John 11:19–57

¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary ^cto console them concerning their brother. ^20dSo when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. ²¹Martha said to ^eJesus, “Lord, ^fif you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ^gGod will give you.” ²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ^24hMartha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ⁱthe resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵Jesus said to her, ^j“I am the resurrection and ^kthe life.⁴ Whoever believes in me, ^lthough he die, ^myet shall he live, ²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in me ⁿshall never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord; ^oI believe that ^pyou are the Christ, the Son of God, ^qwho is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^r“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ³¹When the Jews ^swho were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³²Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, ^t“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he ^uwas deeply moved⁵ in his spirit and ^vgreatly troubled. ³⁴And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ^35wJesus wept. ³⁶So the Jews said, “See ^xhow he loved him!” ³⁷But some of them said, “Could not he ^ywho opened the eyes of the blind man ^zalso have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸Then Jesus, ^adeeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ^ba cave, and ^ca stone lay against it. ³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for ^dhe has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰Jesus said to her, ^e“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^fthe glory of God?” ⁴¹So they took away the stone. And Jesus ^glifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ^42hI knew that you always hear me, but I said this ⁱon account of the people standing around, ^jthat they may believe that you sent me.” ⁴³When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” ^44kThe man who had died came out, ^lhis hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^mhis face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁵ⁿMany of the Jews therefore, ^owho had come with Mary and ^phad seen what he did, believed in him, ⁴⁶but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^qgathered ^rthe council and said, ^s“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. ⁴⁸If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^tthe Romans will come and take away both our ^uplace and our nation.” ⁴⁹But one of them, ^vCaiaphas, ^wwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰Nor do you understand that ^xit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹He did not say this of his own accord, but ^ybeing high priest that year ^zhe prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵²and ^anot for the nation only, but also ^bto gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³So from that day on they ^cmade plans to put him to death.

⁵⁴Jesus therefore ^dno longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵Now ^ethe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and ^fmany went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover ^gto purify themselves. ^56hThey were looking for⁶ Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.