John 11:1–17

Lazarus Dies at Bethany

11Now a man was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, ^sthe village of Mary and her sister Martha. ^t2Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, ^uand it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. ³So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

⁴When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, ^vso that the Son of God ^wmay be glorified through it.” ⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. ⁷Then after that, He said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea ^xagain.”

⁸“Rabbi,” ^ythe disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You, ^zand You’re going there again?”

⁹“Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ^a10If anyone walks during the night, ^bhe does stumble, because the light is not in him.” ¹¹He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen ^•asleep, ^cbut I’m on My way to wake him up.”

¹²Then the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”

¹³Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep. ¹⁴So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. ¹⁵I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”

¹⁶Then Thomas ^d(called “Twin”) said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go so that we may die with Him.”

The Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^efour days.