John 11:17-37

Lexham English Bible

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷ So when he^[a] arrived, Jesus found he had already been four days in the tomb. ¹⁸ (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.^{[b] 19} So many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their^[c] brother.) ²⁰ Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹ So Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² Even^[d] now I know that whatever you ask God, God will grant you.” ²³ Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴ Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever.^[e] Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸ And when she^[f] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ So that one, when she heard it,^[g] got up quickly and went to him. ³⁰ (Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.) ³¹ So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they^[h] saw Mary—that she stood up quickly and went out—followed her, because they^[i] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

³² Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and^[j] saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³ Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself. ³⁴ And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵ Jesus wept. ³⁶ So the Jews were saying, “See how he loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Was not this man who opened the eyes of the blind able to do something^[k] so that this man also would not have died?”