Martha and Mary

³⁸ Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^(A)Martha welcomed Him into her home.

⁵ Now Jesus loved ^(A)Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

¹⁹ and many of ^(A)the Jews had come to ^(B)Martha and Mary, ^(C)to console them about their brother. ^20 (D)Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ^(E)Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹ Martha then said to Jesus, “^(F)Lord, ^(G)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² But even now I know that ^(H)whatever You ask from God, God will give You.” ²³ Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴ Martha *said to Him, “^(I)I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “^(J)I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in Me ^(K)will never die—ever. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are ^(L)the ^[a]Christ, the Son of God, ^[b](M)the One who comes into the world.”

²⁸ And when she had said this, she ^(N)went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “^(O)The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but ^(P)was still in the place where Martha met Him. ^31 (Q)Then the Jews—who were with her in the house and ^(R)consoling her—when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to cry there. ³² Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “^(S)Lord, ^(T)if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³ When Jesus therefore saw her crying, and ^(U)the Jews who came with her also crying, He ^(V)was ^[c]deeply moved in spirit and ^[d](W)was troubled, ³⁴ and said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵ Jesus ^(X)wept. ³⁶ So ^(Y)the Jews were saying, “See how He ^(Z)loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not this man, who ^(AA)opened the eyes of the blind man, ^[e]have kept this man also from dying?”

³⁸ So Jesus, again being ^[f]deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a ^(AB)cave, and a stone was lying against it. ³⁹ Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time he smells, for he has been dead ^(AC)four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus *said to her, “^(AD)Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they removed the ^(AE)stone. Then Jesus ^(AF)raised His eyes, and said, “^(AG)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² And I knew that You always hear Me; but ^(AH)because of the crowd standing around I said this, so that they may believe that ^(AI)You sent Me.” ⁴³ And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.” ⁴⁴ The man who had died came forth, ^(AJ)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ^(AK)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

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

The Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁷ Therefore ^(AP)the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(AQ)gathered the ^[g](AR)Sanhedrin together, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is doing many ^[h](AS)signs. ⁴⁸ If we let Him go on like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our ^(AT)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(AU)Caiaphas, ^(AV)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor do you take into account that ^(AW)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.” ⁵¹ Now he did not say this from himself, but ^(AX)being 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 ^(AY)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(AZ)planned together to kill Him.

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

⁵⁵ Now ^(BC)the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the region before the Passover ^(BD)to purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they ^(BE)were seeking Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That He will not come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷ Now ^(BF)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 seize Him.