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33 When Jesus saw Mary weep and noticed the tears of the Jews who came with her, he was deeply moved and visibly distressed.

34 “Where have you put him?” he asked.

35 “Lord, come and see,” they replied, and at this Jesus himself wept.

36-37 “Look how much he loved him!” remarked the Jews, though some of them asked, “Could he not have kept this man from dying if he could open that blind man’s eyes?”

38 Jesus was again deeply moved at these words, and went on to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay in front of it.

39 “Take away the stone,” said Jesus. “But Lord,” said Martha, the dead man’s sister, “he has been dead four days. By this time he will be decaying ....”

40 “Did I not tell you,” replied Jesus, “that if you believed, you would see the wonder of what God can do?”

41-42 Then they took the stone away and Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of these people standing here so that they may believe that you have sent me.”

43 And when he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with grave-clothes and his face muffled with a handkerchief. “Now unbind him,” Jesus told them, “and let him go home.”

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

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35 Jesus wept.(C)

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

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

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

38 Jesus, once more deeply moved,(G) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.(H) 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.”(I)

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

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up(L) and said, “Father,(M) I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,(N) that they may believe that you sent me.”(O)

43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”(P) 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,(Q) and a cloth around his face.(R)

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

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