³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.^{(A) 31} When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her,^(B) noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

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.”^(C)

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

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

³⁵ Jesus wept.^(F)

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

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

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved,^(J) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.^{(K) 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.”^(L)

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