John 11:1-21
1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister
Martha.  2  (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured
perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)  3  So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord,
the one you love is sick.”
4  When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so
that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”  5  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and
Lazarus.  6  So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,  7  and
then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8  “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are
going back?”
9  Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will
not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.  10  It is when a person walks at night that they
stumble, for they have no light.”
11  After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am
going there to wake him up.”
12  His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”  13  Jesus had been speaking of his
death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14  So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,  15  and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so
that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16  Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we
may die with him.”
17  On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.  18  Now
Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,  19  and many Jews had come to Martha and
Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.  20  When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21  “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.