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Jesus said, "Move the stone away." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, "But, Lord, it has been four days since he died. There will be a bad smell."
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Then Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"
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So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you heard me.
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I know that you always hear me, but I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me."
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After Jesus said this, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
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The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with pieces of cloth, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take the cloth off of him and let him go."
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Many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
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But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Jewish council. They asked, "What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.
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If we let him continue doing these things, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away our Temple and our nation."
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One of the men there was Caiaphas, the high priest that year. He said, "You people know nothing!