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‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After
all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. 37 Don’t believe me un
less I carry out my Father’s work. 38 But if I do his work, believe in the evidence
of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you
will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them. 40 He
went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing
and stayed there awhile. 41 And many followed him. “John didn’t perform
miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said
about this man has come true.” 42 And many who were there believed in Jesus.
The Raising of Lazarus
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters,
Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later poured the expensive
perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair.* Her brother, Laz
arus, was sick. 3 So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord,
your dear friend is very sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in
death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive
glory from this.” 5 So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, 6 he
stayed where he was for the next two days. 7 Finally, he said to his disciples,
“Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the
people* in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
9 Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the
day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this
world. 10 But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no
light.” 11 Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will
go and wake him up.”
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!”
13 They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant
Lazarus had died.
14 So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And for your sakes, I’m glad
I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”
16 Thomas, nicknamed the Twin,* said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go,
too—and die with Jesus.”
17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been
in his grave for four days. 18 Bethany was only a few miles* down the road
from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and
Mary in their loss. 20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went
to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if
only you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I
know that God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.* Anyone who believes
in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in
me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
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11:2 This incident is recorded in chapter 12. 11:8 Greek Jewish people; also in 11:19, 31, 33,
36, 45, 54. 11:16 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus. 11:18 Greek was about 15 stadia
[about 2.8 kilometers]. 11:25 Some manuscripts do not include and the life.
“I AM THE
resurrection
AND THE LIFE.
ANYONE WHO
believes in me
WILL LIVE,
EVEN AFTER DYING.
EVERYONE WHO
LIVES IN ME
and believes
IN ME WILL
NEVER EVER DIE.”
JOHN 11:25-26
