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[1]And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.
[2]It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped [them] with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
[3]And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.
[4]And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.
[5]Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus.
[6]And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.
[7]And afterwards he said to his disciples: Come, let us go again into Judaea.
[8]His disciples say to him: Our Rabbi, the Jews have just sought to stone thee; and goest thou again thither.
[9]Jesus said to them: Are there not twelve hours in the day? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he seeth the light of the world.
[10]But if one walk in the night, he stumbleth; because there is no light in him.
[11]These things said Jesus, and afterwards he said to them: Lazarus our friend reposeth. But I go to awake him.
[12]His disciples say to him: Our Lord, if he sleepeth, he is recovering.
[13]But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought, he spoke of the sleep of repose.
[14]Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.
[15]And I rejoice, for your sakes, that I was not there; that ye may believe. But let us go there.
[16]Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go [and] die with him.
[17]And Jesus came to Bethany, and found that he had been in the grave four days.
[18]Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about fifteen furlongs.
[19]And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
[20]And Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went out to meet him; but Mary was sitting in the house.
[21]And Martha said to Jesus: My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
[22]But even now, I know, that whatever thou wilt ask of God, he will give it thee.
[23]Jesus said to her: Thy brother will rise.
[24]Martha said to him: I know, that he will rise in the consolation, at the last day.
[25]Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.
[26]And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, will not die for ever. Believest thou this?
[27]She said to him: Yes, my Lord; I believe, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the world.
[28]And when she had thus said, she went and called her sister Mary, secretly, and said to her: Our Rabbi hath come, and calleth for thee.
[29]And Mary, when she heard [it], rose up quickly, and went to meet him.
[30]And Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
[31]Those Jews also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep.
[32]And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died.
[33]And when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was moved in spirit, and was agitated.
[34]And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Our Lord, come, and see.
[35]And the tears of Jesus came.
[36]And the Jews said: See, how much he loved him.
[37]And some of them said: Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that this also should not have died?
[38]And Jesus, still agitated within, came to the grave. Now the grave was a cave, and a stone was laid upon its entrance.
[39]And Jesus said: Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed.
[40]Jesus said to her: Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?
[41]And they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes on high, and said: Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
[42]And I know that thou hearest me always; but on account of this multitude that standeth here, I say these things; that they may believe, that thou hast sent me.
[43]And when he had thus spoken, he called with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth!
[44]And the dead man came forth, with his hands and his feet swathed with bandages, and his face with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.
[45]And many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus did, believed on him.
[46]But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them all that Jesus had done.
[47]And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.
[48]And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation.
[49]But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them: Ye know not any thing.
[50]Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.
[51]This he said, however, not from the promptings of his own mind; but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the people:
[52]and not only for the people, but also that he might collect together the sons of God that were dispersed.
[53]And from that day, they plotted to kill him.
[54]And Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews; but retired from them to a place near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he abode with his disciples.
[55]And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the feast, that they might purify themselves.
[56]And they sought for Jesus; and they said one to another, in the temple: What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?
[57]And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take him.
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