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Death of Lazarus
Now a certain man was ill, Laz'arus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her
sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his
feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill. So the sisters sent to
him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he
said, "This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that
the Son of God may be glorified by means of it." Now Jesus loved Martha and
her sister and Laz'arus. So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two
days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the
disciples, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him, "Rabbi,
the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in
the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But
if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in
him." Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, "Our friend Laz'arus has
fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disciples said to
him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken
of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then
Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead; and for your sake I am glad that
I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas,
called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may
die with him."
Jesus the resurrection and the Life
Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb
four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the
Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary
sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from
God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at
the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he
who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and
believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes,
Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming
into the world."
Jesus Weeps
When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying quietly,
"The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it, she
rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but
was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with
her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they
followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. Then
Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to
him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When
Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was
deeply moved in spirit and troubled; and he said, "Where have you laid him?"
They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See
how he loved him!"
37: But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind
man have kept this man from dying?"
Jesus Raises Lazarus to Life
Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone
lay upon it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the
dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has
been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you
would believe you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone.
And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast
heard me. I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on
account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst
send me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Laz'arus, come
out." The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his
face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
John 11:(1-17)18-44
Some Greeks Wish to See
Jesus
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So
these came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee, and said to him,
"Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with
Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for
the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain
of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it
bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life
in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me, he must
follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves
me, the Father will honor him.
Jesus Speaks About His Death
"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? `Father, save me from this
hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify thy
name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will
glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had
thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered, "This
voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this
world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am
lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show
by what death he was to die.
John 12:20-33
The Parable of the
Wicked Tenants
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and
let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a long while. When
the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him
some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him, and sent him
away empty-handed. And he sent another servant; him also they beat and
treated shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third;
this one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said,
`What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect
him.' But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, `This is the
heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' And they cast him
out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard
do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to
others." When they heard this, they said, "God forbid!" But he looked at
them and said, "What then is this that is written: `The very stone which the
builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? Every one who falls on
that stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one it will
crush him." The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at
that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he had
told this parable against them.
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