John 11

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 There was a man named Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister, Martha, and he wasil .	1 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was the same Mary, the sister of the sick man Lazarus, who anointed the Lord with ointment andwiped his feet with her hair.	2 Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.
3 The sisters sent this message to Jesus, 'Lord, the man you love is il .'	3 So the sisters sent word to him, saying, "Master, the one you love is ill."
4 On receiving the message, Jesus said, 'This sickness will not end in death, but it is for God's glory sothat through it the Son of God may be glorified.'	4 When Jesus heard this he said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,	5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 yet when he heard that he was il he stayed where he was for two more days	6 So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was.
7 before saying to the disciples, 'Let us go back to Judaea.'	7 Then after this he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
8 The disciples said, 'Rabbi, it is not long since the Jews were trying to stone you; are you going backthere again?'	8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?"
9 Jesus replied: Are there not twelve hours in the day? No one who walks in the daytime stumbles,having the light of this world to see by;	9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 anyone who walks around at night stumbles, having no light as a guide.	10 But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
11 He said that and then added, 'Our friend Lazarus is at rest; I am going to wake him.'	11 He said this, and then told them, "Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him."
12 The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he is at rest he wil be saved.'	12 So the disciples said to him, "Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved."
13 Jesus was speaking of the death of Lazarus, but they thought that by 'rest' he meant 'sleep';	13 But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.
14 so Jesus put it plainly, 'Lazarus is dead;	14 So then Jesus said to them clearly, "Lazarus has died.
15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there because now you will believe. But let us go to him.'	15 And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him."
16 Then Thomas -- known as the Twin -- said to the other disciples, 'Let us also go to die with him.'	16 So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go to die with him."
17 On arriving, Jesus found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days already.	17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
18 Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,	18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away.
19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.	19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in thehouse.	20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,	21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 but even now I know that God will grant whatever you ask of him.'	22 (But) even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
23 Jesus said to her, 'Your brother wil rise again.'	23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise."
24 Martha said, 'I know he wil rise again at the resurrection on the last day.'	24 Martha said to him, "I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day."
25 Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, wil live,	25 Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
26 and whoever lives and believes in me wil never die. Do you believe this?	26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
27 'Yes, Lord,' she said, 'I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come intothis world.'	27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world."
28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in a low voice, 'The Master ishere and wants to see you.'	28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, "The teacher is here and is asking for you."
29 Hearing this, Mary got up quickly and went to him.	29 As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him.
30 Jesus had not yet come into the vil age; he was still at the place where Martha had met him.	30 For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him.
31 When the Jews who were in the house comforting Mary saw her get up so quickly and go out, theyfol owed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.	31 So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Mary went to Jesus, and as soon as she saw him she threw herself at his feet, saying, 'Lord, if youhad been here, my brother would not have died.'	32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
33 At the sight of her tears, and those of the Jews who had come with her, Jesus was greatly distressed,and with a profound sigh he said,	33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled,
34 'Where have you put him?' They said, 'Lord, come and see.'	34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Sir, come and see."
35 Jesus wept;	35 And Jesus wept.
36 and the Jews said, 'See how much he loved him!'	36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him."
37 But there were some who remarked, 'He opened the eyes of the blind man. Could he not haveprevented this man's death?'	37 But some of them said, "Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?"
38 Sighing again, Jesus reached the tomb: it was a cave with a stone to close the opening.	38 So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
39 Jesus said, 'Take the stone away.' Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, 'Lord, by now he willsmel ; this is the fourth day since he died.'	39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, "Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days."
40 Jesus replied, 'Have I not told you that if you believe you wil see the glory of God?'	40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?"
41 So they took the stone away. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank you for hearingmy prayer.	41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me.
42 I myself knew that you hear me always, but I speak for the sake of all these who are standing aroundme, so that they may believe it was you who sent me.	42 I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
43 When he had said this, he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!'	43 And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
44 The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of material, and a cloth over his face.Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, let him go free.'	44 The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."
45 Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him,	45 Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
46 but some of them went to the Pharisees to tel them what Jesus had done.	46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Then the chief priests and Pharisees cal ed a meeting. 'Here is this man working al these signs,' theysaid, 'and what action are we taking?	47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.
48 If we let him go on in this way everybody wil believe in him, and the Romans wil come and suppressthe Holy Place and our nation.'	48 If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation."
49 One of them, Caiaphas, the high priest that year, said, 'You do not seem to have grasped thesituation at al ;	49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing,
50 you fail to see that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people, rather than that thewhole nation should perish.'	50 nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish."
51 He did not speak in his own person, but as high priest of that year he was prophesying that Jesuswas to die for the nation-	51 He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather together into one the scattered children of God.	52 and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
53 From that day onwards they were determined to kill him.	53 So from that day on they planned to kill him.
54 So Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but left the district for a town cal ed Ephraim,in the country bordering on the desert, and stayed there with his disciples.	54 So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
55 The Jewish Passover was drawing near, and many of the country people who had gone up toJerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves	55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves.
56 were looking out for Jesus, saying to one another as they stood about in the Temple, 'What do youthink? Will he come to the festival or not?'	56 They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"
57 The chief priests and Pharisees had by now given their orders: anyone who knew where he was mustinform them so that they could arrest him.	57 For the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform them, so that they might arrest him.