Raising of Lazarus
Scriptures | John 11:1-44 |
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John Chapter 111 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, āLord, he whom you love is ill.ā4 But when Jesus heard it he said, āThis illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.ā5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.7 Then after this he said to the disciples, āLet us go to Judea again.ā8 The disciples said to him, āRabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?ā9 Jesus answered, āAre 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.ā11 After saying these things, he said to them, āOur friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.ā12 The disciples said to him, āLord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.ā13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.14 Then Jesus told them plainly, āLazarus has died,15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.ā16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, āLet us also go, that we may die with him.ā17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.21 Martha said to Jesus, āLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.ā23 Jesus said to her, āYour brother will rise again.ā24 Martha said to him, āI know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.ā25 Jesus said to her, āI am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?ā27 She said to him, āYes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.ā28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, āThe Teacher is here and is calling for you.ā29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.31 When 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.32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, āLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.ā33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.34 And he said, āWhere have you laid him?ā They said to him, āLord, come and see.ā35 Jesus wept.36 So the Jews said, āSee how he loved him!ā37 But some of them said, āCould not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?ā38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.39 Jesus said, āTake away the stone.ā Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, āLord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.ā40 Jesus said to her, āDid I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?ā41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, āFather, I thank you that you have heard me.42 I 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.ā43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, āLazarus, come out.ā44 The 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, āUnbind him, and let him go.ā |
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