New Testament in a Year

11 Now a certain man was sick named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

² (It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³ Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.”

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

⁶ When He heard therefore that Lazarus was sick, He stayed two days still in the same place where He was.

⁷ Then after that He said to His disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁸ His disciples said unto Him, “Master, the Jews of late sought to stone Thee, and goest Thou thither again?”

⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth because there is no light in him.”

¹¹ These things said He, and after that He said unto them, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

¹² Then said His disciples, “Lord, if he sleep he shall do well.”

¹³ However Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He had spoken of the taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then Jesus said unto them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent that ye may believe. Nevertheless let us go unto him.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said unto his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about two miles away,

¹⁹ and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him; but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹ Then Martha said unto Jesus, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

²² But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee.”

²³ Jesus said unto her, “Thy brother shall rise again.”

²⁴ Martha said unto Him, “I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection on the Last Day.”

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

²⁶ and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

²⁷ She said unto Him, “Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.”

²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, “The Master has come, and calleth for thee.”

²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him.