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Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
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So then He told them plainly,
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"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him."
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"Let us go also," Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "that we may die with him."
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On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
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Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
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and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.
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Martha, however, as soon as she heard the tidings, "Jesus is coming," went to meet Him; but Mary remained sitting in the house.
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So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.
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And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."
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"Your brother shall rise again," replied Jesus.