NAS - John 11:1-27

11 The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

¹Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. ²It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." ⁴But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it."⁵Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. ⁷Then after this He *said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."⁸The disciples *said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?" ⁹Jesus 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 anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."¹¹This He said, and after that He *said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep."¹²The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." ¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. ¹⁴So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,¹⁵and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him."¹⁶Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him."

¹⁷So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. ¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off; ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. ²⁰Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. ²¹Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²"Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." ²³Jesus *said to her, "Your brother will rise again."²⁴Martha *said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." ²⁵Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"²⁷She *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world."