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Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days [there].
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Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;
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but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
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And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go.
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Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on him;
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but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
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If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.