1 And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

2 and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

3 therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom you do love is ailing;'

4 and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

5 And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

6 when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

7 then after this, he said to the disciples, 'We may go to Judea again;'

8 the disciples say to him, 'Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone you, and again you do go thither!'

9 Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he does not stumble, because the light of this world he does see;

10 and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.'

11 These things he said, and after this he said to them, 'Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

12 therefore said his disciples, 'Sir, if he has fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

13 but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaks.

14 Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, 'Lazarus has died;