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17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
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On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
18 Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
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Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.
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and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
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When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”
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But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
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Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
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Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
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Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
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and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.”
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“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, “The Teacher is here and wants to see you.”
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After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”
29 So Mary immediately went to him.
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When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him.
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Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they followed her there.
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When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled.
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When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them. They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
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“Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Then Jesus wept.
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Jesus wept.
36 The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!”
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Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
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But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
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