Now a man named Lazarus was sick; he lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

It was the Mary who poured perfume upon the Master and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on for two days in the place where he was,

He told them this, and then he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him."

"Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him."

When Jesus arrived he found that Lazarus had been buried for four days.

But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that blind man, have kept Lazarus from dying?"

After saying this he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha waited on them, while Lazarus was at the table with him.

A great many of the Jews found out that he was there, and they came to Bethany not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

But the high priests planned to kill Lazarus also,

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was telling about it.