John 11:17-37

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ¹four days.

18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles^[a] off,

19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary ²to console them concerning their brother.

20 ³So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

21 Martha said to ⁴Jesus, "Lord, ⁵if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ⁶God will give you."

23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

24 ⁷Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in ⁸the resurrection on the last day."

25 Jesus said to her, ⁹"I am the resurrection and ¹⁰the life.^[b] Whoever believes in me, ¹¹though he die, ¹²yet shall he live,

26 and everyone who lives and believes in me ¹³shall never die. Do you believe this?"

27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord; ¹⁴I believe that ¹⁵you are the Christ, the Son of God, ¹⁶who is coming into the world."

Jesus Weeps

28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ¹⁷"The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

31 When the Jews ¹⁸who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, ¹⁹"Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he ²⁰was deeply moved in his spirit and ²¹greatly troubled.

34 And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."

35 ²²Jesus wept.

36 So the Jews said, "See ²³how he loved him!"

37 But some of them said, "Could not he ²⁴who opened the eyes of the blind man ²⁵also have kept this man from dying?"

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