John 11
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1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
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4When Jesus heard that, he said,This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
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5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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6When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
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7Then after that saith he to his disciples,Let us go into Judæa again.
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8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
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9Jesus answered,Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
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10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
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11These things said he: and after that he saith unto them,Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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12Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
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13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
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14Then said Jesus unto them plainly,Lazarus is dead.
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15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
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16Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
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17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
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18Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
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19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
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20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
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21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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22But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
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23Jesus saith unto her,Thy brother shall rise again.
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24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
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25Jesus said unto her,I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
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26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
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27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
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28And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
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29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
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30Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
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31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
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32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
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34And said,Where have ye laid him?They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
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35Jesus wept.
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36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
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37And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
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38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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39Jesus said,Take ye away the stone.Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
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40Jesus saith unto her,Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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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.
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42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,Lazarus, come forth.
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44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,Loose him, and let him go.
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45Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
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46But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
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47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
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48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
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50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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51And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
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52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
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53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
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55And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
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56Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
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57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
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Chapter 11
Cross References
John 11:1
John 12:17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave,...Luke 10:38¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and...2 Kings 20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Am...John 11:11These things said he: and after that he saith unto them,Our friend Lazarus sleep...John 12:9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for...
John 11:2
John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the f...Mark 14:3¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there...Matthew 26:6¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,Luke 7:37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus s...
John 11:3
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Psalms 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my...John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!2 Timothy 4:20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
John 11:4
John 11:40Jesus saith unto her,Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou...John 9:3Jesus answered,Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works...1 Peter 4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glor...John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that hono...John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I ha...
John 11:5
John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!John 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love where...John 16:27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed t...John 11:8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and g...
John 11:6
Isaiah 30:18¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and theref...Isaiah 55:8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith th...Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he...Genesis 42:24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and...Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this d...
John 11:7
John 10:40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; a...Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things...Acts 15:36¶ And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our bre...Luke 9:51¶ And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he...
John 11:8
John 10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of...John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,Acts 21:12And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him no...Matthew 16:21¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must...
John 11:9
John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, wh...John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them,Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while y...Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will ca...Luke 13:31¶ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee ou...Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
John 11:10
1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of s...Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet...Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall...Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unt...Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I mys...
John 11:11
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everla...John 11:13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking...Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to thei...1 Thessalonians 5:10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with hi...1 Corinthians 15:51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be change...
Cross References
John 11:1
John 12:17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave,...Luke 10:38¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and...2 Kings 20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Am...John 11:11These things said he: and after that he saith unto them,Our friend Lazarus sleep...John 12:9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for...
John 11:2
John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the f...Mark 14:3¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there...Matthew 26:6¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,Luke 7:37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus s...
John 11:3
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Psalms 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my...John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!2 Timothy 4:20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
John 11:4
John 11:40Jesus saith unto her,Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou...John 9:3Jesus answered,Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works...1 Peter 4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glor...John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that hono...John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I ha...
John 11:5
John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!John 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love where...John 16:27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed t...John 11:8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and g...
John 11:6
Isaiah 30:18¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and theref...Isaiah 55:8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith th...Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he...Genesis 42:24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and...Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this d...
John 11:7
John 10:40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; a...Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things...Acts 15:36¶ And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our bre...Luke 9:51¶ And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he...
John 11:8
John 10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of...John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,Acts 21:12And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him no...Matthew 16:21¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must...
John 11:9
John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, wh...John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them,Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while y...Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will ca...Luke 13:31¶ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee ou...Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
John 11:10
1 John 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of s...Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet...Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall...Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unt...Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I mys...
John 11:11
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everla...John 11:13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking...Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to thei...1 Thessalonians 5:10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with hi...1 Corinthians 15:51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be change...