John 11:30-53

English Standard Version

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ³¹ When the Jews ^(A)who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³² Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, ^(B)“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he ^(C)was deeply moved^[a] in his spirit and ^(D)greatly troubled. ³⁴ And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ^35 (E)Jesus wept. ³⁶ So the Jews said, “See ^(F)how he loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not he ^(G)who opened the eyes of the blind man ^(H)also have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸ Then Jesus, ^(I)deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ^(J)a cave, and ^(K)a stone lay against it. ³⁹ Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for ^(L)he has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, ^(M)“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^(N)the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And Jesus ^(O)lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ^42 (P)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this ^(Q)on account of the people standing around, ^(R)that they may believe that you sent me.” ⁴³ When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” ^44 (S)The man who had died came out, ^(T)his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^(U)his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

^45 (V)Many of the Jews therefore, ^(W)who had come with Mary and ^(X)had seen what he did, believed in him, ⁴⁶ but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(Y)gathered ^(Z)the council and said, ^(AA)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^(AB)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(AC)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(AD)Caiaphas, ^(AE)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰ Nor do you understand that ^(AF)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹ He did not say this of his own accord, but ^(AG)being high priest that year ^(AH)he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵² and ^(AI)not for the nation only, but also ^(AJ)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(AK)made plans to put him to death.