The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany,^(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.^{(B) 2} (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)^{(C) 3} So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love^(D) is sick.”

⁴ When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory^(E) so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” ⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,

Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus

¹⁷ On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.^(A)

²³ Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

²⁴ Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection^(A) at the last day.”^(B)

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am^(C) the resurrection and the life.^(D) The one who believes^(E) in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶ and whoever lives by believing^(F) in me will never die.^(G) Do you believe this?”

²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah,^(H) the Son of God,^(I) who is to come into the world.”^(J)

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)