The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

¹⁸ “For I know^[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming^{[b] (A)}to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, ¹⁹ and I will set a sign among them. And from them ^(B)I will send survivors to the nations, to ^(C)Tarshish, ^(D)Pul, and ^(E)Lud, who draw the bow, to ^(F)Tubal and ^(G)Javan, ^(H)to the coastlands far away, ^(I)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. ^20 (J)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations ^(K)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. ^21 (L)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

⁷ Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

⁸ For I tell you that Christ ^(A)became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order ^(B)to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, ⁹ and in order ^(C)that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

¹⁰ And again it says,

¹¹ And again,

¹² And again Isaiah says,

¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all ^(J)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷ Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^(A)four days. ¹⁸ Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles^[a] off, ¹⁹ and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary ^(B)to console them concerning their brother. ^20 (C)So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. ²¹ Martha said to ^(D)Jesus, “Lord, ^(E)if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ^(F)God will give you.” ²³ Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ^24 (G)Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ^(H)the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, ^(I)“I am the resurrection and ^(J)the life.^[b] Whoever believes in me, ^(K)though he die, ^(L)yet shall he live, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in me ^(M)shall never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She said to him, “Yes, Lord; ^(N)I believe that ^(O)you are the Christ, the Son of God, ^(P)who is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸ When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^(Q)“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 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 ^(R)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, ^(S)“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 ^(T)was deeply moved^[c] in his spirit and ^(U)greatly troubled. ³⁴ And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ^35 (V)Jesus wept. ³⁶ So the Jews said, “See ^(W)how he loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not he ^(X)who opened the eyes of the blind man ^(Y)also have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸ Then Jesus, ^(Z)deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ^(AA)a cave, and ^(AB)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 ^(AC)he has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, ^(AD)“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^(AE)the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And Jesus ^(AF)lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ^42 (AG)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this ^(AH)on account of the people standing around, ^(AI)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 (AJ)The man who had died came out, ^(AK)his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^(AL)his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”