John 11
Webster’s Bible
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1Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.Select John 11:1
2(It was [that] Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)Select John 11:2
3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.Select John 11:3
4When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.Select John 11:4
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Select John 11:5
6When therefore he had heard that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.Select John 11:6
7Then after that he saith to [his] disciples, Let us ho into Judea again.Select John 11:7
8[His] disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?Select John 11:8
9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walketh in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.Select John 11:9
10But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.Select John 11:10
11These things he said: and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.Select John 11:11
12Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepeth he will do well.Select John 11:12
13Now Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking rest in sleep.Select John 11:13
14Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.Select John 11:14
15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless, let us go to him.Select John 11:15
16Then said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.Select John 11:16
17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.Select John 11:17
18(Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.)Select John 11:18
19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.Select John 11:19
20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat in the house.Select John 11:20
21Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.Select John 11:21
22But I know that even now, whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will give [it] thee.Select John 11:22
23Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again.Select John 11:23
24Martha saith to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.Select John 11:24
25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Select John 11:25
26And whoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest thou this?Select John 11:26
27She saith to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.Select John 11:27
28And when she had so said, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.Select John 11:28
29As soon as she heard [that], she arose quickly, and came to him.Select John 11:29
30Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.Select John 11:30
31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth to the grave to weep there.Select John 11:31
32Then when Mary had come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.Select John 11:32
33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled;Select John 11:33
34And said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.Select John 11:34
35Jesus wept.Select John 11:35
36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!Select John 11:36
37And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?Select John 11:37
38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.Select John 11:38
39Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him, Lord, by this time his body is offensive: for he hath been [dead] four days.Select John 11:39
40Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?Select John 11:40
41Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me:Select John 11:41
42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand by, I said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.Select John 11:42
43And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.Select John 11:43
44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go.Select John 11:44
45Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.Select John 11:45
46But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.Select John 11:46
47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and said, What do we? for this man performeth many miracles.Select John 11:47
48If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation.Select John 11:48
49And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all,Select John 11:49
50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.Select John 11:50
51And this he spoke not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;Select John 11:51
52And not for that nation only, but that also he should assemble in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.Select John 11:52
53Then from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death.Select John 11:53
54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence to a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.Select John 11:54
55And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.Select John 11:55
56Then they sought for Jesus, and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?Select John 11:56
57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show [it], that they might take him.Select John 11:57
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