John 11:23–44

²³“Your brother will rise ^hagain,” Jesus told her.

²⁴Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” ⁱ

²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am ^jthe resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, ^keven if he dies, will live. ^l26Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever. ^mDo you believe this?”

²⁷“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, ⁿthe Son ^oof God, who comes into the world.” ^p

Jesus Shares the Sorrow of Death

²⁸Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

²⁹As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him. ^q30Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him. ³¹The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb ^rto cry there.

³²When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet ^sand told Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!”

³³When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry ^tin His spirit ^uand deeply moved. ³⁴“Where have you put him?” He asked.

“Lord,” they told Him, “come and see.”

³⁵Jesus wept. ^v

³⁶So the Jews said, “See how He loved ^whim!” ³⁷But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes ^xalso have kept this man from dying?”

The Seventh Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead

³⁸Then Jesus, angry ^yin Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. ^z39“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.

Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying. ^aIt’s been four days.”

⁴⁰Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory ^bof God?” ^c

⁴¹So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank ^dYou that You heard Me. ^e42I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent ^fMe.” ⁴³After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.”