42. I know that you always hear me, but I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43. After Jesus said this, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44. The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with pieces of cloth, and a cloth around his face.Jesus said to them, “Take the cloth off of him and let him go.”
45. Many of the people, who had come to visit Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47. Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.
48. If we let him continue doing these things, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away our Temple and our nation.”