28. After Martha had said this, she went back home and whispered to her sister Mary, “The teacher is here, and he is calling for you.”
29. When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus.
30. (Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still where Martha had met him.)
31. The Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave. So they followed her. They thought that she was going to the tomb to cry.
32. When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33. When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who were crying with her, he was deeply moved and troubled.
34. So Jesus asked, “Where did you put Lazarus?”They answered him, “Lord, come and see.”
35. Jesus cried.
36. The Jews said, “See how much Jesus loved him.”
37. But some of the Jews asked, “Couldn’t this man who gave a blind man sight keep Lazarus from dying?”
38. Deeply moved again, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone covering the entrance.
39. Jesus said, “Take the stone away.”Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Jesus, “Lord, there must already be a stench. He’s been dead for four days.”
40. Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see God’s glory?”
41. So the stone was moved away from the entrance of the tomb.Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
42. I’ve known that you always hear me. However, I’ve said this so that the crowd standing around me will believe that you sent me.”
43. After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, “Lazarus, come out!”
44. The dead man came out. Strips of cloth were wound around his feet and hands, and his face was wrapped with a handkerchief. Jesus told them, “Free Lazarus, and let him go.”
45. Many Jews who had visited Mary and had seen what Jesus had done believed in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles.
48. If we let him continue what he’s doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.”