³¹ We know that ^(A)God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is ^[a]God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

⁴¹ So they removed the ^(A)stone. And Jesus ^(B)raised His eyes, and said, “^(C)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, ^(D)because of the ^[a]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ^(E)You sent Me.” ⁴³ And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ Out came the man who had died, ^(F)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ^(G)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

^45 (H)Therefore many of the Jews ^(I)who came to Mary, and ^(J)saw what He had done, believed in Him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the ^(K)Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

⁴⁷ Therefore ^(L)the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(M)convened a ^(N)council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we ^[b]doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many ^[c](O)signs? ⁴⁸ If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our ^[d](P)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(Q)Caiaphas, ^(R)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor are you taking into account that ^(S)it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” ⁵¹ Now he did not say this ^[e]on his own, but ^(T)as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; ⁵² and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also ^(U)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(V)planned together to kill Him.

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus ^(W)no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called ^(X)Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵ Now ^(Y)the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, ^(Z)in order to ^[f]purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they ^(AA)were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷ Now ^(AB)the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.