A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate.

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

So he shouted, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'

"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.

"The rich man said, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house

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

Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

These were the things he said. Then after this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm leaving to wake him up."

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.

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

After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,

So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify to what they had seen.