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   [7] But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say   
   unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?   
   [8] And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and   
   gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward   
   thou shalt eat and drink?   
   [9] Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded   
   him? I trow not.   
   [10] So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are   
   commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which   
   was our duty to do.   
      
   John 11:1-37   
      
   The Death of Lazarus   
      
   1 (Mt 21:17) Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany,   
   the village of Mary and her sister Martha.   
   2 (Jn 12:3; Mk 14:3) This was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment   
   and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.   
   3 (Jn 11:5; 11:36) So the sisters sent word to Him, saying,   
   "Lord, he whom You love is sick."   
   4 (Jn 9:3; 11:40) When Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not   
   unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God   
   may be glorified by it."   
   5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.   
   6 So when He heard that he was sick, He remained where He was two more days.   
   7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again."   
   8 (Jn 10:31; 8:59) His disciples said to Him,   
   "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone You. Are You going there again?"   
   9 (Jn 9:4; 12:35) Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day?   
   If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble,   
   because he sees the light of this world.   
   10 (Jer 13:16) But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles,   
   because the light is not in him."   
   11 (Da 12:2; Ac 7:60) After He said this, He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus   
   has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep."   
   12 Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will be well."   
   13 Jesus had spoken of his death. But they thought that He was speaking   
   of getting rest through sleep.   
   14 So then Jesus plainly told them, "Lazarus is dead.   
   15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,   
   so that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."   
   16 (Mt 10:3; Jn 21:2) Then Thomas, who is called Didymus,   
   said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go also, that we may die with Him."   
      
   [1] Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary   
   and her sister Martha.   
   [2] (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his   
   feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)   
   [3] Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou   
   lovest is sick.   
   [4] When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for   
   the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.   
   [5] Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.   
   [6] When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in   
   the same place where he was.   
   [7] Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.   
   [8] His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone   
   thee; and goest thou thither again?   
   [9] Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk   
   in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.   
   [10] But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light   
   in him.   
   [11] These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend   
   Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.   
   [12] Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.   
   [13] Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken   
   of taking of rest in sleep.   
   [14] Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.   
   [15] And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may   
   believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.   
   [16] Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples,   
   Let us also go, that we may die with him.   
      
   Jesus the Resurrection and the Life   
      
   17 (Jn 11:39) When Jesus arrived, He found that he had been in the tomb   
   four days already.   
   18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.   
   (Gk. 15 stadia, or about 3 kilometers.)   
   19 (Job 2:11; Jn 11:31) Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary,   
   to comfort them concerning their brother.   
   20 (Lk 10:38-42) When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went   
   and met Him, but Mary remained in the house.   
   21 (Jn 11:32; 11:37) Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here,   
   my brother would not have died.   
   22 (Jn 9:31; 11:41-42) But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God,   
   God will give You."   
   23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."   
   24 (Jn 5:28-29; Ac 24:15) Martha said to Him,   
   "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."   
   25 (Jn 1:4; 1Th 4:14) Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.   
   He who believes in Me, though he may die, yet shall he live.   
   26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"   
   27 (Mt 16:16; Jn 6:14) She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that   
   You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."   
      
   [17] Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days   
   already.   
   [18] Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:   
   [19] And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them   
   concerning their brother.   
   [20] Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met   
   him: but Mary sat still in the house.   
   [21] Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother   
   had not died.   
   [22] But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will   
   give it thee.   
   [23] Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.   
   [24] Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the   
   resurrection at the last day.   
   [25] Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that   
   believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:   
   [26] And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest   
   thou this?   
   [27] She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the   
   Son of God, which should come into the world.   
      
   Jesus Weeps   
      
   28 (Jn 13:13; Mt 26:18) When she had said this, she went her way   
   and secretly called her sister Mary, saying, "   
   The Teacher has come and is calling for you."   
   29 When she heard this, she rose quickly and went to Him.   
   30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place   
   where Martha met Him.   
   31 (Jn 11:19) When the Jews who were with Mary in the house, comforting her,   
   saw that she quickly rose up and went out, they followed her, saying,   
   "She is going to the tomb to weep there."   
   32 (Jn 11:21) When Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down   
   at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would   
   not have died."   
   33 (Jn 11:38; 12:27) When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came   
   with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.   
   34 He said, "Where have you laid him?"   
   They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."   
   35 (Lk 19:41; Jn 11:33) Jesus wept.   
   36 (Jn 11:3) Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him."   
   37 (Jn 9:6-7) But some of them said, "Could not this Man,   
   who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?"   
      
   [28] And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister   
   secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.   
      
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