John 11:23–35

²³Jesus told Martha, “Your brother will come back to life.” 

²⁴Martha answered Jesus, “I know that he’ll come back to life on the last day, when everyone will come back to life.” 

²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die. ²⁶Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?” 

²⁷Martha said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was expected to come into the world.” 

²⁸After Martha had said this, she went back home and whispered to her sister Mary, “The teacher is here, and he is calling for you.” 

²⁹When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus. ³⁰(Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still where Martha had met him.) ³¹The Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave. So they followed her. They thought that she was going to the tomb to cry. ³²When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 

³³When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who were crying with her, he was deeply moved and troubled. 

³⁴So Jesus asked, “Where did you put Lazarus?” 

They answered him, “Lord, come and see.” 

³⁵Jesus cried.