¹⁷ When they arrived at Bethany, they were told that Lazarus had already been in his tomb for four days. ¹⁸ Bethany was only a couple of miles down the road from Jerusalem, ¹⁹ and many of the Jewish leaders had come to pay their respects and to console Martha and Mary on their loss. ²⁰ When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.

²¹ Martha said to Jesus, “Sir, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. ²² And even now it’s not too late, for I know that God will bring my brother back to life again, if you will only ask him to.”

²³ Jesus told her, “Your brother will come back to life again.”

²⁴ “Yes,” Martha said, “when everyone else does, on Resurrection Day.”

²⁵ Jesus told her, “I am the one who raises the dead and gives them life again. Anyone who believes in me, even though he dies like anyone else, shall live again. ²⁶ He is given eternal life for believing in me and shall never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?”

²⁷ “Yes, Master,” she told him. “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one we have so long awaited.”

²⁸ Then she left him and returned to Mary and, calling her aside from the mourners, told her, “He is here and wants to see you.” ²⁹ So Mary went to him at once.

³⁰ Now Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. ³¹ When the Jewish leaders who were at the house trying to console Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’ tomb to weep; so they followed her.

³² When Mary arrived where Jesus was, she fell down at his feet, saying, “Sir, if you had been here, my brother would still be alive.”

³³ When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jewish leaders wailing with her, he was moved with indignation and deeply troubled. ³⁴ “Where is he buried?” he asked them.

They told him, “Come and see.” ³⁵ Tears came to Jesus’ eyes.

¹⁷ When they arrived at Bethany, they were told that Lazarus had already been in his tomb for four days. ¹⁸ Bethany was only a couple of miles down the road from Jerusalem, ¹⁹ and many of the Jewish leaders had come to pay their respects and to console Martha and Mary on their loss. ²⁰ When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.

²¹ Martha said to Jesus, “Sir, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. ²² And even now it’s not too late, for I know that God will bring my brother back to life again, if you will only ask him to.”

²³ Jesus told her, “Your brother will come back to life again.”

²⁴ “Yes,” Martha said, “when everyone else does, on Resurrection Day.”

²⁵ Jesus told her, “I am the one who raises the dead and gives them life again. Anyone who believes in me, even though he dies like anyone else, shall live again. ²⁶ He is given eternal life for believing in me and shall never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?”

²⁷ “Yes, Master,” she told him. “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one we have so long awaited.”

²⁸ Then she left him and returned to Mary and, calling her aside from the mourners, told her, “He is here and wants to see you.” ²⁹ So Mary went to him at once.

³⁰ Now Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. ³¹ When the Jewish leaders who were at the house trying to console Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’ tomb to weep; so they followed her.

³² When Mary arrived where Jesus was, she fell down at his feet, saying, “Sir, if you had been here, my brother would still be alive.”

³³ When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jewish leaders wailing with her, he was moved with indignation and deeply troubled. ³⁴ “Where is he buried?” he asked them.

They told him, “Come and see.” ³⁵ Tears came to Jesus’ eyes.