Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

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

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

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

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

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

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