1 Now a man named Lazarus was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha
2 - it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
3 So the sisters sent to him, saying. "Master, see who you hold dear is ill."
4 When Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that through it the Son of God may be glorified."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 However, when he heard that he was ill,
7 he still remained where he was for two days; then after that he said to his disciples, "Let us go back again to Judea."
8 "Rabbi," answered his disciples, "it was but just now that the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
9 Jesus replied. "Are there not twelve hours in the daytime? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble, because he beholds the light of this world;
10 but if any one walks during the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him."
11 This he said, then told them, "Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him."
12 "Master, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well," replied the disciples.
13 Now Jesus had been speaking concerning his death, but they thought that he was talking about natural sleep.
14 So then he told them plainly.