John 11:23-57

23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” 24Martha said to Him, “1I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” 25Jesus said to her, “2I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, 26and everyone who lives and believes in Me 3will never die. Do you believe this?” 27She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are 4the 5Christ, the Son of God, and 67He who comes into the world.”

28When she had said this, she 8left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “9The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29And when she heard this, she got up quickly and came to Him.

30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but 10was still at the place where Martha met Him. 3111Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were 12consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32So when Mary came to the place where Jesus was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “13Lord, 14if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and 15the Jews who came with her also weeping, He 16was deeply moved in spirit and 1718was troubled, 34and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35Jesus 19wept. 36So 20the Jews were saying, “See how He 21loved him!” 37But some of them said, “Could this Man, who 22opened the eyes of the man who was blind, not have also 23kept this man from dying?”

38So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a 24cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time 25there will be a stench, for he has been dead 26four days.” 40Jesus said to her, “27Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41So they removed the 28stone. And Jesus 29raised His eyes, and said, “30Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, 31because of the 32people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that 33You sent Me.” 43And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44Out came the man who had died, 34bound hand and foot with wrappings, and 35his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

4536Therefore many of the Jews 37who came to Mary, and 38saw what He had done, believed in Him. 46But some of them went to the 39Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

47Therefore 40the chief priests and the Pharisees 41convened a 42council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we 43doing in regard to the fact that this Man is performing many 4445signs? 48If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our 4647place and our nation.” 49But one of them, 48Caiaphas, 49who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50nor are you taking into account that 50it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” 51Now he did not say this 51on his own, but 52as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; 52and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also 53gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53So from that day on they 54planned together to kill Him.

54Therefore Jesus 55no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called 56Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

55Now 57the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, 58in order to 59purify themselves. 56So they 60were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?” 57Now 61the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.