Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him."

So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

And [when he] had said these [things], he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him.

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

So the chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus also,

So the crowd who was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify.