John 11

¹But there was a certain man sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town 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.

³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴And Jesus hearing this said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶When therefore he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.

⁷Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸The disciples say to him, Rabbi, the Jews but just now were seeking to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world;

¹⁰but if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth; because the light is not in him.

¹¹This he spoke, and afterwards said to them, Our friend Lazarus hath fallen asleep; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹²The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he hath fallen asleep, he will recover.

¹³But Jesus had spoken of his death; but they thought that he spoke of the taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there; that ye may believe; but let us go to him.

¹⁶Then said Thomas, who was called Didymus, to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Having come, therefore, Jesus found that he had been four days in the tomb.

¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

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

²⁰Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him; but Mary continued sitting in the house.

²¹Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

²²and even now I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³Jesus saith to her, Thy brother will rise again.

²⁴Martha saith to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he have died, will live;

²⁶and whoever liveth and believeth in me will never die. Believest thou this?

²⁷She saith to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, he who was to come into the world.

²⁸And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and calleth for thee.

²⁹She, when she heard this, riseth quickly and cometh to him.

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

³¹The Jews then who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

³²Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was, as soon as she saw him fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³Jesus therefore when he saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, was greatly moved in his spirit, and much troubled,

³⁴and said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶The Jews therefore said, See, how he loved him!

³⁷But some of them said, Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also caused that this man should not have died?

³⁸Jesus therefore, again greatly moved within himself, cometh to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him, Lord, by this time the body is offensive; for he hath been dead four days.

⁴⁰Jesus saith to her, Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?

⁴¹They therefore took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

⁴²Yet I knew that thou hearest me always; but for the sake of the multitude standing around I said it, that they might believe that thou didst send me.

⁴³And having thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth!

⁴⁴He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go.

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

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus had done.

⁴⁷Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we to do, seeing that this man worketh many signs?

⁴⁸If we thus let him alone, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁹And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high-priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all;

⁵⁰nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.

⁵¹And this he spoke not from himself; but being high-priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation;

⁵²and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together in one body the children of God that are scattered abroad.

⁵³Therefore from that day forth they consulted together to put him to death.

⁵⁴Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed thence to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there abode with the disciples.

⁵⁵And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶They sought therefore for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where he was, he should give information, that they might seize him.

John 11

¹Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

²(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

⁷Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.

⁸His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

¹¹These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹²Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

¹⁹And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²²But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

²⁶And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

²⁷She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

²⁸And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁹As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

³⁰Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

³¹The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

³²Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

³⁴And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

³⁷And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁹Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

⁴⁰Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴¹Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴³And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

⁴⁴And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

⁴⁶But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁹And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

⁵⁰Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

⁵¹And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

⁵²And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

⁵⁴Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

⁵⁵And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.