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A sermon by Rev. Barbara Lemmel and Rev. Mitchell Hay.
Gospel Lesson John 11: 1–3, 5–6, 17–41a, 43b–44
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus
of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who
anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother
Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” .
. . Though Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days
longer in the place where he was. …
When Jesus arrived, he found that
Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem,
some two miles away, and many friends
had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha
heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you
whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in
the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the
life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone
who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to
him, “Yes,
Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into
the world.”
When she had said this, she went back
and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling
for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus
had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met
him. The neighbors who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get
up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was
going to the tomb to weep there.
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw
him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the neighbors who came with her also
weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They
said to him, “Lord,
come and see.”
Jesus began to weep. So the neighbors said, “See how he loved him!” But some of
them said, “Could
not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the
sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench
because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you
believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. …
[Jesus] cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man
came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped
in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
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A sermon by Rev. Barbara Lemmel and Rev. Mitchell Hay.
Gospel Lesson John 11: 1–3, 5–6, 17–41a, 43b–44
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus
of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who
anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother
Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” .
. . Though Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days
longer in the place where he was. …
When Jesus arrived, he found that
Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem,
some two miles away, and many friends
had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha
heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you
whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in
the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the
life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone
who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to
him, “Yes,
Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into
the world.”
When she had said this, she went back
and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling
for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus
had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met
him. The neighbors who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get
up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was
going to the tomb to weep there.
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw
him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the neighbors who came with her also
weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They
said to him, “Lord,
come and see.”
Jesus began to weep. So the neighbors said, “See how he loved him!” But some of
them said, “Could
not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the
sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench
because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you
believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. …
[Jesus] cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man
came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped
in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”