13. Jesus spoke of his death, and they thought he was speaking of an ordinary sleep.

14. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead;

15. and I rejoice for you that I was not there, that you might believe; but let us go to him.

16. Then Thomas, otherwise called the Twin, said to the disciples, "Let us go and die with him."

17. When Jesus arrived, he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.

18. And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stades;

19. and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them in their sorrow for their brother.

20. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; Maria was sitting at home.

21. Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord! if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.

23. Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

24. Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection, on the last day."

25. Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, shall live.

26. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?

27. She said to him, "Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, coming into the world.

28. When she had said this, she went and secretly called her sister Mary, saying, "The Master is here and calling you."

29. As soon as she heard, she got up in haste and went to him.

30. Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was at the place where Martha had met him.

31. The Jews who were with her in the house and comforted her, seeing that Mary had got up in haste and went out, followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to weep there.

32. And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet and said to him, "Lord! if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

33. When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, he himself was grieved in spirit and was indignant