I Am the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb bfour days. ¹⁸Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles3 off, ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary cto console them concerning their brother. ²⁰dSo when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. ²¹Martha said to eJesus, “Lord, fif you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, gGod will give you.” ²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴hMartha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ithe resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵Jesus said to her, j“I am the resurrection and kthe life.4 Whoever believes in me, lthough he die, myet shall he live, ²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in me nshall never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord; oI believe that pyou are the Christ, the Son of God, qwho is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, r“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ³¹When the Jews swho were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³²Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, t“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he uwas deeply moved5 in his spirit and vgreatly troubled. ³⁴And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵wJesus wept. ³⁶So the Jews said, “See xhow he loved him!” ³⁷But some of them said, “Could not he ywho opened the eyes of the blind man zalso have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸Then Jesus, adeeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ba cave, and ca stone lay against it. ³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for dhe has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰Jesus said to her, e“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see fthe glory of God?” ⁴¹So they took away the stone. And Jesus glifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴²hI knew that you always hear me, but I said this ion account of the people standing around, jthat they may believe that you sent me.” ⁴³When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” ⁴⁴kThe man who had died came out, lhis hands and feet bound with linen strips, and mhis face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

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