John 11:38–53

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.