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1Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

1Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.

2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

3So the sisters sent word to Jesus and told him, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."

3So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

4But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

4But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

6So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

7After this, he told the disciples, "Let's go back to Judea."

7Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

8The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"

8The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”

9Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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.

10But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

10But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11These were the things he said. Then after this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm leaving to wake him up."

11After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”

12So the disciples told him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

12The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping.

13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

14Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.

14Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,

15For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

15and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, told his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too, so that we may die with him!"

16So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

17Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,

18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

20As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.

20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

21Martha told Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."

22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”

23Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."

23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

24Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

25Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.

25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

26Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"

26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

27"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."

27She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”

28When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"

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

29As soon as Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

29And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

30Now Jesus had not yet arrived at the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

31When the Jewish leaders who had been with her, consoling her in the house, saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to cry there.

31When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and told him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

32Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to 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 greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

34He asked, "Where have you put him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."

34And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

35Jesus burst into tears.

35Jesus wept.

36So the Jewish leaders said, "See how much he loved him!"

36So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

37But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"

37But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”

38Groaning deeply again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying in front of it.

38Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

39Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

39Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”

40Jesus told her, "I told you that if you believed you would see God's glory, didn't I?"

40Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

41So they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me.

41So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

42I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”

43After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

43When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”

44The man who had died came out, his hands and feet tied with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus told them, "Untie him, and let him go."

44The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

45Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and who had observed what Jesus did believed in him.

45Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,

46Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

46but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

47So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

47So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, "You don't know anything!

49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.

50You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."

50Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”

51Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

51He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

52and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

52and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53So from that day on they resolved to put him to death.

53So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.

54As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

54Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

55Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.

55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.

56They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"

56They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?”

57Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

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