John 11:1-44:
"A
man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary
and Martha. This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on
the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus,
was sick. So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him,
"Lord, your dear friend is very
sick."
But
when Jesus heard about it he said, "Lazarus's sickness will not end in
death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will
receive glory from this." So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and
Lazarus, he stayed where he was for the next two days. Finally, he said
to his disciples, "Let's go back to
Judea."
But
his disciples objected. "Rabbi," they said, "only a few days ago the
people in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there
again?"
Jesus
replied, "There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day
people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of
this world. But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have
no light." Then he said, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now
I will go and wake him
up."
The
disciples said, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!"
They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant
Lazarus had died.
So
he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And for your sakes, I'm glad I
wasn't there, for now you will really believe. Come, let's go see
him."
Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too - and die with Jesus."
"When
Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told Lazarus had already been in his
grave for four days. Bethany was only a few miles down the road from
Jerusalem, and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in
their loss. When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to
meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord,
if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now
I know that God will give you whatever you
ask."
Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."
"Yes," Martha said, "he will rise when everyone else rises at the last day."
Jesus
told her, "I am the resurrection and life. Anyone who believes in me
will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in
me will never die. Do you believe this,
Martha?"
"Yes,
Lord," she told him. "I have always believed you are the Messiah, the
Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God." Then she
returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her,
"The Teacher is here and wants to see you." So Mary immediately went to
him.
Jesus
had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him.
When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so
hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave to weep. So they
followed her there. When Mary arrives and saw Jesus, she fell at his
feet and said, "Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not
have died." When
Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep
anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. "Where have you
put him?" he asked them. They told him, "Lord, come
and see." Then Jesus wept. The people who were standing nearby said,
"See how much he loved him!" But some said, "This man healed a blind
man. Couldn't he have kept Lazarus from
dying?"
Jesus
was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled
across its entrance. Roll the stone aside, " Jesus told
them.
But
Martha, the dead man's sister, protested, "Lord, he has been dead for
days. The smell will be
terrible."
Jesus
responded, "Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you
believe?" So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to
heaven and said, "Father, thank you for hearing me. You always hear me,
but I said it loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so
that they will believe you sent me." Then Jesus shouted, "Lazarus, come
out!" And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in
graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, "Unwrap
him and let him go!"
Thursday, 22 August 2019
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