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Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention

John 11:1-16

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Chapter 11
1 Now there was a certain man who was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Now Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair—whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, the one whom you love is sick." 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness will not end in death. It is for God's glory, so that God's Son may be glorified through it." 5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 Therefore, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days longer where he was. 7 Then after this, he says to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again." 8 The disciples say to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just seeking to stone you, and you are going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.” 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. 11 These things he said, and after this he says to them, "Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him." 12 The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be saved.” 13 But Jesus had spoken about his death. But they thought that he was speaking about the falling asleep of sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus has died." 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him. 16 Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with him."