John 11

11Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.G1161G5100G2258G770G2976G575G963G1537G2968G3137G2532G846G79G31362It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.G1161G2258G3137G3588G218G2962G3464G2532G1591G846G4228G846G2359G3739G80G2976G7703So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."G3767G79G649G4314G846G3004G2962G2396G3739G5368G7704But 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."G1161G2424G191G2036G3778G769G2076G3756G4314G2288G235G5228G1391G2316G2443G5207G2316G1392G1223G8465Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.G1161G2424G25G3136G2532G846G79G2532G29766So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.G5613G191G3767G3754G770G3306G1417G2250G5119G3303G1722G5117G3739G22587Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."G1899G3326G5124G3004G3101G71G1519G2449G38258The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?"G3101G3004G846G4461G2453G3568G2212G3034G4571G2532G5217G1563G38259Jesus 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.G2424G611G1526G3780G1427G5610G2250G1437G5100G4043G1722G2250G4350G3756G3754G991G5457G5127G288910But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."G1161G1437G5100G4043G1722G3571G4350G3754G2076G3756G5457G1722G84611After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him."G5023G2036G846G2532G3326G5124G3004G846G2257G5384G2976G2837G235G4198G2443G1852G846G185212The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."G3767G2036G846G3101G2962G1487G2837G498213Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.G1161G2424G2046G4012G846G2288G1161G1565G1380G3754G3004G4012G2838G525814Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,G5119G3767G2036G2424G846G3954G2976G59915and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."G2532G5463G1223G5209G3754G2252G2258G3756G1563G2443G4100G235G71G4314G84616So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."G3767G2036G2381G3588G3004G1324G4827G71G2532G71G2443G2249G599G3326G84617Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.G3767G2424G2064G2147G846G2192G1722G3419G5064G2250G223518Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,G1161G963G2258G1451G2414G5613G1178G4712G57519and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.G2532G4183G1537G2453G2064G4314G3136G2532G3137G4012G2443G3888G846G4012G846G8020So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.G3767G3136G5613G191G3754G2424G2064G5221G846G1161G3137G2516G1722G362421Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.G3767G2036G3136G4314G2424G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G2348G3756G234822But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you."G235G1492G2532G3568G3754G3745G302G154G2316G2316G1325G467123Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."G2424G3004G846G4675G80G45024Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."G3136G3004G846G1492G3754G450G1722G386G1722G2078G225025Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G386G2532G2222G4100G1519G1691G2579G599G219826and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"G2532G3956G2198G2532G4100G1519G1691G599G3364G1519G165G599G4100G512427She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."G3004G846G3483G2962G1473G4100G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2316G3588G2064G1519G288928When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."G2532G2036G5023G2036G565G2532G5455G3137G846G79G2977G2036G1320G3918G2532G5455G457129And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.G5613G1565G191G1453G5035G2532G2064G4314G84630Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.G1161G2424G2064G3768G2064G1519G2968G235G2258G1722G5117G3699G3136G5221G84631When 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.G2453G3767G3588G5607G3326G846G1722G3614G2532G3888G846G1492G3137G3754G450G5030G2532G1831G190G846G3004G3754G5217G1519G3419G2443G2799G156332Now 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."G3767G5613G3137G2064G3699G2424G2258G1492G846G4098G1519G846G4228G3004G846G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G3756G59933When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.G5613G2424G3767G1492G846G2799G2532G2453G2799G4905G846G1690G4151G2532G5015G143834And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."G2532G2036G4226G5087G846G3004G846G2962G2064G2532G149235Jesus wept.G2424G114536So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"G3767G3004G2453G2396G4459G5368G84637But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?"G1161G5100G1537G846G2036G1410G3756G3778G3588G455G3788G5185G4160G2443G2532G3778G599G3361G59938Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.G2424G3767G3825G1690G1722G1438G2064G1519G3419G1161G2258G4693G2532G3037G1945G1909G84639Jesus 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."G2424G3004G142G3037G3136G79G2348G3004G846G2962G2235G3605G1063G2076G506640Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"G2424G3004G846G2036G3756G4671G3754G1437G4100G3700G1391G231641So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.G3767G142G3037G3757G2348G2258G2749G1161G2424G142G507G3788G2532G2036G3962G2168G4671G3754G191G345042I 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."G1161G1473G1492G3754G191G3450G3842G235G1223G3793G3588G4026G2036G2443G4100G3754G4771G649G316543When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."G2532G5023G2036G2905G3173G5456G2976G1204G185444The 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."G2532G2348G1831G1210G5495G2532G4228G2750G2532G846G3799G4019G4676G2424G3004G846G3089G846G2532G863G521745Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,G3767G4183G1537G2453G3588G2064G4314G3137G2532G2300G3739G2424G4160G4100G1519G84646but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.G1161G5100G1537G846G565G4314G5330G2532G2036G846G3739G2424G416047So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.G3767G4863G749G2532G5330G4892G2532G3004G5101G4160G3754G3778G444G4160G4183G459248If 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."G1437G863G846G3779G863G3956G4100G1519G846G2532G4514G2064G2532G142G2532G2257G5117G2532G148449But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.G1161G1520G5100G1537G846G2533G5607G749G1565G1763G2036G846G5210G1492G3756G376250Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."G3761G1260G3754G4851G2254G2443G1520G444G599G5228G2992G2532G3650G1484G622G336151He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,G1161G5124G2036G3756G575G1438G235G5607G749G1565G1763G4395G3754G2424G3195G599G5228G148452and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.G2532G3756G5228G1484G3440G235G2443G2532G4863G1519G1520G5043G2316G128753So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.G3767G575G1565G2250G4823G2443G615G846G61554Jesus 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.G2424G3767G4043G3765G3954G1722G2453G235G565G1564G1519G5561G1451G2048G1519G4172G3004G2187G2546G1304G3326G846G310155Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.G1161G2453G3957G2258G1451G2532G4183G305G1537G5561G1519G2414G4253G3957G2443G48G143856They 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?"G3767G2212G2424G2532G3004G3326G240G2476G1722G2411G5101G1380G5213G3754G2064G3364G2064G1519G185957Now 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.G1161G2532G749G2532G5330G1325G1785G2443G1437G5100G1097G4226G2076G3377G3704G4084G846