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John 11:1-45 CEV
(1) A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair. (2) (SEE 11:1) (3) The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick. (4) When Jesus heard this, he said, "His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son." (5) Jesus loved Martha and her sister and brother. (6) But he stayed where he was for two more days. (7) Then he said to his disciples, "Now we will go back to Judea." (8) "Teacher," they said, "the people there want to stone you to death! Why do you want to go back?" (9) Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours in each day? If you walk during the day, you will have light from the sun, and you won't stumble. (10) But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light." (11) Then he told them, "Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up." (12) They replied, "Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better." (13) Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep. (14) Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead! (15) I am glad that I wasn't there, because now you will have a chance to put your faith in me. Let's go to him." (16) Thomas, whose nickname was "Twin," said to the other disciples, "Come on. Let's go, so we can die with him." (17) When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. (18) Bethany was only about two miles from Jerusalem, (19) and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died. (20) When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. (21) Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. (22) Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask." (23) Jesus told her, "Your brother will live again!" (24) Martha answered, "I know that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised." (25) Jesus then said, "I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. (26) And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?" (27) "Yes, Lord!" she replied. "I believe that you are Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world." (28) After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, "The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you." (29) As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went out to Jesus. (30) He was still outside the village where Martha had gone to meet him. (31) Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb to cry. So they followed her. (32) Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." (33) When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset (34) and asked, "Where have you put his body?" They replied, "Lord, come and you will see." (35) Jesus started crying, (36) and the people said, "See how much he loved Lazarus." (37) Some of them said, "He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?" (38) Jesus was still terribly upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled against the entrance. (39) Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, "Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell." (40) Jesus replied, "Didn't I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?" (41) After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up toward heaven and prayed, "Father, I thank you for answering my prayer. (42) I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so that the people here would believe that you sent me." (43) When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, "Lazarus, come out!" (44) The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face. Jesus then told the people, "Untie him and let him go." (45) Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw the things that Jesus did, and they put their faith in him.

John 11:1-45 NWT
11 Now there was a certain man sick, Laz'arus of Beth'any, of the village of Mary and of Martha her sister. 2 It was, in fact, the Mary that greased the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was sick. 3 Therefore his sisters dispatched word to him, saying: "Lord, see! the one for whom you have affection is sick." 4 But when Jesus heard it he said: "This sickness is not with death as its object, but is for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz'arus. 6 However, when he heard that he was sick, then he actually remained two days in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples: "Let us go into Jude'a again." 8 The disciples said to him: "Rabbi, just lately the Jude'ans were seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?" 9 Jesus answered: "There are twelve hours of daylight, are there not? If anyone walks in daylight he does not bump against anything, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he bumps against something, because the light is not in him." 11 He said these things, and after this he said to them: "Laz'arus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep." 12 Therefore the disciples said to him: "Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well." 13 Jesus had spoken, however, about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 At that time, therefore, Jesus said to them outspokenly: "Laz'arus has died, 15 and I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order for you to believe. But let us go to him." 16 Therefore Thomas, who was called The Twin, said to his fellow disciples: "Let us also go, that we may die with him." 17 Consequently when Jesus arrived, he found he had already been four days in the memorial tomb. 18 Now Beth'any was near Jerusalem at a distance of about two miles. 19 Accordingly many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their brother. 20 Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him; but Mary kept sitting at home. 21 Martha therefore said to Jesus: "Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died. 22 And yet at present I know that as many things as you ask God for, God will give you." 23 Jesus said to her: "Your brother will rise." 24 Martha said to him: "I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day." 25 Jesus said to her: "I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; 26 and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to him: "Yes, Lord; I have believed that you are the Christ the Son of God, the One coming into the world." 28 And when she had said this, she went off and called Mary her sister, saying secretly: "The Teacher is present and is calling you." 29 The latter, when she heard this, got up quickly and was on her way to him. 30 Jesus had not yet, in fact, come into the village, but he was still in the place where Martha met him. 31 Therefore the Jews that were with her in the house and that were consoling her, on seeing Mary rise quickly and go out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the memorial tomb to weep there. 32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: "Where have you laid him?" They said to him: "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: "See, what affection he used to have for him!" 37 But some of them said: "Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?" 38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said: "Take the stone away." Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: "Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days." 40 Jesus said to her: "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth." 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: "Laz'arus, come on out!" 44 The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: "Loose him and let him go." 45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

John 11:1-45 BBE
(1) Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (2) The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair. (3) So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill. (4) When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it. (5) Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus. (6) So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days. (7) Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. (8) The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again? (9) Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world. (10) But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him. (11) These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep. (12) Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well. (13) Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep. (14) Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead. (15) And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him. (16) Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death. (17) Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before. (18) Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away; (19) And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother. (20) When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house. (21) Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead. (22) But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you. (23) Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again. (24) Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day. (25) Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; (26) And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith? (27) She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world. (28) And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you. (29) And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him. (30) Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him. (31) Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there. (32) When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead. (33) And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled, (34) And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord. (35) And Jesus himself was weeping. (36) So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! (37) But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death? (38) So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening. (39) Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days. (40) Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God? (41) So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me. (42) I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me. (43) Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! (44) And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go. (45) Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

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