1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister ⁱMartha. 2 It was Mary who ^janointed the ^kLord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, ^lso that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus¹ was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea ^magain.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, ⁿthe Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the ^olight is not in him.” 11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen ^pasleep, but I go to ^qawaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them ^rplainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 ^sSo Thomas, called the ^tTwin,² said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles³ off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, ^ushe went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, ^vif you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give 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 ^won the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, ^x“I am the resurrection and the ^ylife.^{4 z}Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me ^ashall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the ^bSon of God, who is coming into the world.”