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John 11:1
. A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
John 11:2
. (This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)
John 11:3
. The sisters sent Jesus a message: "Lord, your dear friend is sick."
John 11:4
. When Jesus heard it, he said, "The final result of this sickness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory."
John 11:5
. Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:6
. Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
John 11:7
. Then he said to the disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
John 11:8
. "Teacher," the disciples answered, "just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?"
John 11:9
. Jesus said, "A day has twelve hours, doesn't it? So those who walk in broad daylight do not stumble, for they see the light of this world.
John 11:10
. But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light."
John 11:11
. Jesus said this and then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up."
John 11:12
. The disciples answered, "If he is asleep, Lord, he will get well."
John 11:13
. Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep.
John 11:14
. So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
John 11:15
. but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him."
John 11:16
. Thomas (called the Twin) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us all go along with the Teacher, so that we may die with him!"
John 11:17
. When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before.
John 11:18
. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
John 11:19
. and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.
John 11:20
. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.
John 11:21
. Martha said to Jesus, "If you had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died!
John 11:22
. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for."
John 11:23
. "Your brother will rise to life," Jesus told her.
John 11:24
. "I know," she replied, "that he will rise to life on the last day."
John 11:25
. Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;
John 11:26
. and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:27
. "Yes, Lord!" she answered. "I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
John 11:28
. After Martha said this, she went back and called her sister Mary privately. "The Teacher is here," she told her, "and is asking for you."
John 11:29
. When Mary heard this, she got up and hurried out to meet him.
John 11:30
. (Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.)
John 11:31
. The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her followed her when they saw her get up and hurry out. They thought that she was going to the grave to weep there.
John 11:32
. Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. "Lord," she said, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"
John 11:33
. Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people with her were weeping also; his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved.
John 11:34
. "Where have you buried him?" he asked them. "Come and see, Lord," they answered.
John 11:35
. Jesus wept.
John 11:36
. "See how much he loved him!" the people said.
John 11:37
. But some of them said, "He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?"
John 11:38
. Deeply moved once more, Jesus went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone placed at the entrance.
John 11:39
. "Take the stone away!" Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, "There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!"
John 11:40
. Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believed?"
John 11:41
. They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, "I thank you, Father, that you listen to me.
John 11:42
. I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me."
John 11:43
. After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
John 11:44
. He came out, his hands and feet wrapped in grave cloths, and with a cloth around his face. "Untie him," Jesus told them, "and let him go."
John 11:45
. Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him.
John 11:46
. But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
John 11:47
. So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!
John 11:48
. If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!"
John 11:49
. One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, "What fools you are!
John 11:50
. Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?"
John 11:51
. Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,
John 11:52
. and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
John 11:53
. From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus.
John 11:54
. So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.
John 11:55
. The time for the Passover Festival was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to perform the ritual of purification before the festival.
John 11:56
. They were looking for Jesus, and as they gathered in the Temple, they asked one another, "What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?"
John 11:57
. The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must report it, so that they could arrest him.
Regard
Pawan Upadhyay
( http://www.facebook.com/pawankanyakubj )
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. A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
John 11:2
. (This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)
John 11:3
. The sisters sent Jesus a message: "Lord, your dear friend is sick."
John 11:4
. When Jesus heard it, he said, "The final result of this sickness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory."
John 11:5
. Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:6
. Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
John 11:7
. Then he said to the disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
John 11:8
. "Teacher," the disciples answered, "just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?"
John 11:9
. Jesus said, "A day has twelve hours, doesn't it? So those who walk in broad daylight do not stumble, for they see the light of this world.
John 11:10
. But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light."
John 11:11
. Jesus said this and then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up."
John 11:12
. The disciples answered, "If he is asleep, Lord, he will get well."
John 11:13
. Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep.
John 11:14
. So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
John 11:15
. but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him."
John 11:16
. Thomas (called the Twin) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us all go along with the Teacher, so that we may die with him!"
John 11:17
. When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before.
John 11:18
. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
John 11:19
. and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.
John 11:20
. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.
John 11:21
. Martha said to Jesus, "If you had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died!
John 11:22
. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for."
John 11:23
. "Your brother will rise to life," Jesus told her.
John 11:24
. "I know," she replied, "that he will rise to life on the last day."
John 11:25
. Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;
John 11:26
. and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:27
. "Yes, Lord!" she answered. "I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
John 11:28
. After Martha said this, she went back and called her sister Mary privately. "The Teacher is here," she told her, "and is asking for you."
John 11:29
. When Mary heard this, she got up and hurried out to meet him.
John 11:30
. (Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.)
John 11:31
. The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her followed her when they saw her get up and hurry out. They thought that she was going to the grave to weep there.
John 11:32
. Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. "Lord," she said, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"
John 11:33
. Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people with her were weeping also; his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved.
John 11:34
. "Where have you buried him?" he asked them. "Come and see, Lord," they answered.
John 11:35
. Jesus wept.
John 11:36
. "See how much he loved him!" the people said.
John 11:37
. But some of them said, "He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?"
John 11:38
. Deeply moved once more, Jesus went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone placed at the entrance.
John 11:39
. "Take the stone away!" Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, "There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!"
John 11:40
. Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believed?"
John 11:41
. They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, "I thank you, Father, that you listen to me.
John 11:42
. I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me."
John 11:43
. After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
John 11:44
. He came out, his hands and feet wrapped in grave cloths, and with a cloth around his face. "Untie him," Jesus told them, "and let him go."
John 11:45
. Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him.
John 11:46
. But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
John 11:47
. So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!
John 11:48
. If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!"
John 11:49
. One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, "What fools you are!
John 11:50
. Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?"
John 11:51
. Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,
John 11:52
. and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
John 11:53
. From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus.
John 11:54
. So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.
John 11:55
. The time for the Passover Festival was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to perform the ritual of purification before the festival.
John 11:56
. They were looking for Jesus, and as they gathered in the Temple, they asked one another, "What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?"
John 11:57
. The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must report it, so that they could arrest him.
Regard
Pawan Upadhyay
( http://www.facebook.com/pawankanyakubj )
( http://www.twitter.com/pawan_kanyakubj )
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