A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,^(B) and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City,^(C) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(D) prepared as a bride^(E) beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^(F) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^{(G) 4} ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(H) There will be no more death’^[b](I) or mourning or crying or pain,^(J) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(K)

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(L) said, “I am making everything new!”^(M) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(N)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(O) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(P) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(Q) from the spring of the water of life.^(R)

³² When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”^(A)

³³ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved^(B) in spirit and troubled.^{(C) 34} “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

³⁵ Jesus wept.^(D)

³⁶ Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”^(E)

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

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved,^(H) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.^{(I) 39} “Take away the stone,” he said.

“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”^(J)

⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe,^(K) you will see the glory of God?”^(L)

⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up^(M) and said, “Father,^(N) I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,^(O) that they may believe that you sent me.”^(P)

⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”^{(Q) 44} The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,^(R) and a cloth around his face.^(S)

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”