1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, »Lord, he whom you love is sick.«

4 When Jesus heard it, he said, »This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.«

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 So, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

7 Then after this he said to the disciples, »Let us go to Judea again.«

8 The disciples said to him, »Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?«

9 Jesus answered, »Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.«

11 These things he said, and after that he said to them, »Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to wake him up.«

12 His disciples said, »Lord, if he sleeps, he will recover.«

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

14 So then Jesus told them plainly, »Lazarus is dead;