1NOW there was a man who was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha. 2This is the Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume and wiped them with her hair. Lazarus who was sick, was her brother. 3His two sisters therefore sent to Jesus, saying, Our Lord, behold, the one whom you love is sick. 4Jesus said, This is not a sickness of death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified on his account. 5Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus. 6When he heard he was sick, he remained two days in the place where he was. 7After that he said to his disciples, Come, let us go again to Judaea. 8His disciples said to him, Teacher, not long ago the Jews wanted to stone you, and yet are you going there again? 9Jesus said to them, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks by day time, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if a man travels at night time, he will stumble, because there is no light in it. 11Jesus said these things; and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I am going to awake him. 12His disciples said to him, Our Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. 13But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that what he said was sleeping in bed. 14Then Jesus said to them, plainly, Lazarus is dead. 15And I am glad I was not there, for your sakes, so that you may believe; but let us walk there. 16Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, and die with him.

17So Jesus came to Bethany, and he found that he had been four days in the tomb. 18Now Bethany was towards Jerusalem, a distance of about two miles. 19And many Jews kept coming to Martha and Mary, to comfort their hearts concerning their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus had come, she went out to meet him; but Mary sat in the house. 21Then Martha said to Jesus, My 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 you. 23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise up. 24Martha said to him, I know he will rise up in the resurrection at the last day. 25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, even though he die, he shall live. 26And whoever is alive and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? 27She said to him, Yes, my Lord; I do believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come to the world.

28And when she had said these things, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, and said to her, Our teacher has come, and he is calling you. 29When Mary heard it, she rose up quickly and came to him.

30Jesus had not yet come into the town, but he was still at the same place where Martha met him. 31The Jews also who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary rise up quickly and go out, followed her, for they thought she was going to the tomb to weep. 32When Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she threw herself at his feet, and said to him, My Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping, who had come with her, he was moved in his spirit, and was greatly disturbed. 34And he said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Our Lord, come and see. 35And Jesus was in tears. 36The Jews then said, Look, how much he loved him! 37Some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that blind man, have also kept this man from dying?

38As Jesus was disturbed in himself because of them, he came to the tomb. That tomb was a cave, and a stone was placed at the entrance. 39Jesus said, Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, My Lord, he is already disfigured, for he is dead four days. 40Jesus said to her, Did not I say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God? 41So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, O Father, I thank you for you have heard me, 42And I know that you always hear me; but I say these things just because of this people who stand around, so that they may believe that you have sent me. 43And when he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come outside. 44And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with burial clothes; and his face bound with a burial napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him and let him go.

45Many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus had done, believed in him. 46And some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them everything Jesus had done.

47So the high priests and the Pharisees gathered together and said, What shall we do? for this man does many miracles? 48If we allow him to continue like this, all men will believe in him; and the Romans will come and take over both our country and our people. 49But one of them, called Caiaphas, who was the high priest for that year, said to them, You know nothing; 50Nor do you reason that it is much better for us that one man should die instead of the people, and not all the people perish. 51He did not say this of himself; but because he was the high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus had to die for the sake of the people; 52And not only for the sake of the people, but also to gather together the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53And from that very day, they decided to kill him.

54Jesus therefore did not walk openly among the Jews, but went away thence to a place which is close to the wilderness, in the province of Ephraim; and he remained there with his disciples.

55Now the Jewish passover was at hand; and many went up from the towns to Jerusalem, before the feast, to purify themselves. 56And they were looking for Jesus, and at the temple they kept saying to one another, What do you think, will he not come to the feast? 57But the high priests and the Pharisees had already commanded, that if any man should know where he is, to let them know, so that they might seize him.