1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.

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

2 T his was the Mary who put perfume on the Lord and dried His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

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

3 T he sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, “Lord, your friend is sick!”

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

4 W hen Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. It has happened so that it will bring honor to God. And the Son of God will be honored by it also.” Jesus Tells of the Death of Lazarus

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 J esus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 B ut when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days.

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

7 T hen He said to His followers, “Let us go into the country of Judea again.”

Then after that he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.

8 T he followers said to Him, “Teacher, the Jews tried to throw stones at You to kill You not long ago. Are You going there again?”

His disciples said unto him, Rabbi, the Jews of late sought to stone thee, and goest thou there again?

9 J esus said, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks during the day, he will not fall. He sees the light of this world.

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 I f a man walks during the night, he will fall. The light is not in him.”

But he who walks in the night stumbles because there is no light in him.

11 A fter Jesus had said this, He spoke again and said, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping. I will go and wake him up.”

Having said that he said unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

12 T he followers said to Him, “If he is sleeping, he will get well.”

Then his disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he shall be saved.

13 B ut Jesus meant Lazarus was dead. They thought He meant Lazarus was resting in sleep.

But Jesus had spoken of his death, and they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

14 T hen Jesus said to them, “Lazarus is dead.

Then Jesus said unto them plainly, Lazarus has died.

15 B ecause of you I am glad I was not there so that you may believe. Come, let us go to him.”

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, in order that ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

16 T homas, who was called the Twin, said to the other followers, “Let us go also so we may die with Jesus.” Jesus Tells That the Grave Will Not Hold the Dead

Then Thomas said, who is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.

17 W hen Jesus got there, He heard that Lazarus had been in the grave four days.

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

18 B ethany was about one-half hour walk from Jerusalem.

Now Bethany was near unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

19 M any Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give words of comfort about their brother.

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 M artha heard that Jesus was coming and went to meet Him. Mary stayed in the house.

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

21 M artha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

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

22 I know even now God will give You whatever You ask.”

But I know that even now whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it unto thee.

23 J esus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

24 M artha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again when the dead are raised from the grave on the last day.”

Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection in the last day.

25 J esus said to her, “I am the One Who raises the dead and gives them life. Anyone who puts his trust in Me will live again, even if he dies.

Jesus said unto her, I AM the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he is dead, yet shall he live;

26 A nyone who lives and has put his trust in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

and whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 S he answered, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the One Who was to come into the world.” Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead

She said unto him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.

28 A fter Martha said this, she went and called her sister Mary. She said without anyone else hearing, “The Teacher is here and has sent for you.”

And having said this, she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for thee.

29 W hen Mary heard this, she got up and went to Him.

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

30 J esus had not yet come into their town. He was still where Martha had met Him.

(Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.)

31 T he Jews had been in the house comforting Mary. They saw her get up and hurry out. They followed her and said, “She is going to the grave to cry there.”

Then the Jews who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes unto the grave to weep there.

32 M ary went to the place where Jesus was. When she saw Him, she got down at His feet. She said to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

33 J esus saw her crying. The Jews who came with her were crying also. His heart was very sad and He was troubled.

¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he became enraged in the Spirit and stirred himself up

34 H e said, “Where did you lay Lazarus?” They said, “Lord, come and see.”

and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

35 T hen Jesus cried.

Jesus wept.

36 T he Jews said, “See how much He loved Lazarus.”

Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him!

37 S ome of them said, “This Man opened the eyes of the blind man. Could He not have kept this man from dying?”

And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also caused that this man should not have died?

38 J esus went to the grave with a sad heart. The grave was a hole in the side of a hill. A stone covered the door.

Jesus therefore, becoming enraged again in himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

39 J esus said, “Take the stone away.” The dead man’s sister, Martha, said to Him, “Lord, by now his body has a bad smell. He has been dead four days.”

Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that had died, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks, for he has been dead four days.

40 J esus said to her, “Did I not say that if you would believe, you would see the shining-greatness of God?”

Jesus said unto her, Did I not say unto thee that if thou wouldest believe thou shalt see the glory of God?

41 T hey took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank You for hearing Me.

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus, lifting up his eyes, said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

42 I know You always hear Me. But I have said this for the people standing here, so they may believe You have sent Me.”

And I knew that thou hearest me always, but because of the people who stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

43 W hen He had said this, He called with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

44 T he man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were tied in grave clothes. A white cloth was tied around his face. Jesus said to the people, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go!” The Proud Religious Law-Keepers Try to Think of a Way to Kill Jesus

Then he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

45 M any of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus had done put their trust in Him.

¶ Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen what Jesus did believed on him.

46 S ome of them went to the proud religious law-keepers and told them what Jesus had done.

But some of them went unto the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

47 T he religious leaders of the Jews and the proud religious law-keepers gathered a court together. They said, “What will we do? This Man is doing many powerful works.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? for this man does many signs.

48 I f we let Him keep doing these things, all men will put their trust in Him. The Romans will come and take away the house of God and our nation.”

If we let him thus alone, everyone will believe on him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and the nation.

49 C aiaphas was the head religious leader that year. He said to them, “You know nothing about this.

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all

50 D o you not see it is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?”

nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation be lost.

51 C aiaphas did not think of these words himself. He spoke what God had said would happen. He was telling before it happened that Jesus must die for the nation.

And this he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

52 H e must die not only for the nation, but also to bring together into one group the children of God who were living in many places.

and not for that nation only, but that he should also gather together in one the sons of God that were scattered abroad.

53 F rom that day on they talked together about how they might kill Jesus.

So that from that day forth they took counsel together to kill him.

54 F or this reason Jesus did not walk out in the open among the Jews. He went to a town called Ephraim. It was near a desert. He stayed there with His followers. The Proud Religious Law-Keepers Look for Jesus

Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there unto a country near to the wilderness into a city called Ephraim and there continued with his disciples.

55 T he special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt was soon. Many people from around the country came up to Jerusalem to go through the religious washing before the special supper.

And the passover of the Jews was now at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover to purify themselves;

56 T hey looked for Jesus. They stood together in the house of God and asked each other, “What do you think? Will He come to the special supper?”

and they sought for Jesus and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

57 T he religious leaders of the Jews and the proud religious law-keepers had said that if any man knew where Jesus was, he should tell them. They wanted to take Him.

Now both the high priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if anyone knew where he was he should show it, that they might take him.