John 11:1-13 ▼

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

2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, |Lord, look, the one you love is sick.|

4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, |This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it.|

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

7 Then after this he said to the disciples, |Let us go into Judea again.|

8 The disciples told him, |Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?|

9 Jesus answered, |Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.|

11 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.|

12 Then the disciples said to him, |Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.|

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.