John 11:40-48

English Standard Version

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, ^(A)“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^(B)the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And Jesus ^(C)lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ^42 (D)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this ^(E)on account of the people standing around, ^(F)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 (G)The man who had died came out, ^(H)his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^(I)his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

^45 (J)Many of the Jews therefore, ^(K)who had come with Mary and ^(L)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 ^(M)gathered ^(N)the council and said, ^(O)“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 ^(P)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(Q)place and our nation.”