John 11 (New American Standard)

The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of ¹Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister ²Martha. 2 It was the Mary who ³anointed ⁴the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "⁵Lord, behold, ⁶he whom You love is sick." 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for ⁷the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it." 5 Now Jesus loved ⁸Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "⁹Let us go to Judea again." 8 The disciples said to Him, "¹⁰Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking ¹¹to stone You, and are You going there again ?" 9 Jesus answered, "¹²Are 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 light is not in him." 11 This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our ¹³friend Lazarus ¹⁴has fallen asleep ; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." 12 The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will ^arecover." 13 Now ¹⁵Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of ^bliteral sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe ; but let us go to him." 16 ¹⁶Therefore Thomas, who is called ^c17Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him." 17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb ¹⁸four days. 18 Now ¹⁹Bethany was near Jerusalem, about ^dtwo miles off ; 19 and many of ²⁰the Jews had come to ²¹Martha and Mary, ²²to console them concerning their brother. 20 ²³Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ²⁴Mary ^estayed at the house. 21 Martha then said to Jesus, "²⁵Lord, ²⁶if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 "Even now I know that ²⁷whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to Him, "²⁸I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "²⁹I am the resurrection and the life ; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me ³⁰will never die. Do you believe this ?" 27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord ; I have believed that You are ^f31the Christ, the Son of God, even ^g32He who comes into the world." 28 When she had said this, she ³³went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, "³⁴The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but ³⁵was still in the place where Martha met Him. 31 ³⁶Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and ³⁷consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "³⁸Lord, ³⁹if You had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and ⁴⁰the Jews who came with her also weeping, He ⁴¹was deeply moved in spirit and ^h42was troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus ⁴³wept. 36 So ⁴⁴the Jews were saying, "See how He ⁴⁵loved him!" 37 But some of them said, "Could not this man, who ⁴⁶opened the eyes of the blind man, ⁱhave kept this man also from dying ?" 38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within , came to the tomb. Now it was a ⁴⁷cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, "Lord, by this time ^jthere will be a stench, for he has been dead ⁴⁸four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "⁴⁹Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God ?" 41 So they removed the ⁵⁰stone. Then Jesus ⁵¹raised His eyes, and said, "⁵²Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 "I knew that You always hear Me; but ⁵³because of the ^kpeople standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ⁵⁴You sent Me." 43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." 44 The man who had died came forth, ⁵⁵bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ⁵⁶his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 45 ⁵⁷Therefore many of the Jews ⁵⁸who came to Mary, and ⁵⁹saw what He had done, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went to the ⁶⁰Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore ⁶¹the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁶²convened a ⁶³council, and were saying, "What are we doing ? For this man is performing many ^l64signs. 48 "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our ⁶⁵place and our nation." 49 But one of them, ⁶⁶Caiaphas, ⁶⁷who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you take into account that ⁶⁸it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he did not say this ^mon his own initiative, but ⁶⁹being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also ⁷⁰gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they ⁷¹planned together to kill Him. 54 Therefore Jesus ⁷²no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called ⁷³Ephraim ; and there He stayed with the disciples. 55 Now ⁷⁴the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover ⁷⁵to purify themselves. 56 So they ⁷⁶were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think ; that He will not come to the feast at all ?" 57 Now ⁷⁷the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.