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

It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, 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 that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.

When he had said this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

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

So they prepared a dinner for him there; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

A large crowd therefore of the Judeans learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

But the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus also,

The crowd therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.