Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,

In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side.

So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.'

'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.

'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house--

Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.

This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.

Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.

And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."

Then he said to them plainly: "Lazarus is dead;

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

But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?"

Then, after saying this, Jesus called 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.

There a supper was given in honor at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.

Now great numbers of the Jews found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not solely on his account, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,

Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.