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The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right."
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Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep.
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Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
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For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."
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Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
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When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away,
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and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.
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When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.
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Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him."