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Others among them said, "Well, if he loved him so much, why didn't he do something to keep him from dying? After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man."
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Then Jesus, the anger again welling up within him, arrived at the tomb. It was a simple cave in the hillside with a slab of stone laid against it.
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Jesus said, "Remove the stone." The sister of the dead man, Martha, said, "Master, by this time there's a stench. He's been dead four days!"
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Jesus looked her in the eye. "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
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Then, to the others, "Go ahead, take away the stone."
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I know you always do listen, but on account of this crowd standing here I've spoken so that they might believe that you sent me."
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Then he shouted, "Lazarus, come out!"
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And he came out, a cadaver, wrapped from head to toe, and with a kerchief over his face. Jesus told them, "Unwrap him and let him loose."
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That was a turnaround for many of the Jews who were with Mary. They saw what Jesus did, and believed in him.
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But some went back to the Pharisees and told on Jesus.
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The high priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Jewish ruling body. "What do we do now?" they asked. "This man keeps on doing things, creating God-signs.