John 11:11-21

11 This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our ¹friend Lazarus ²has 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 recover."

13 Now ³Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal 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 ⁴Therefore Thomas, who is called ⁵Didymus, 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 ⁶four days.

18 Now ⁷Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

19 and many of ⁸the Jews had come to ⁹Martha and Mary, ¹⁰to console them concerning their brother.

20 ¹¹Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ¹²Mary stayed at the house.

21 Martha then said to Jesus, "¹³Lord, ¹⁴if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

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