1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and
her sister Martha.
2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His
feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You
love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but
for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the
place where He was.
7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone
You, and are You going there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone
walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this
world.
10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not
in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our
friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”
13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was
speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may
believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples,
“Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb
four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to
comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met
Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother
would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe
this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the
Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
