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Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.

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So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."

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When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it."

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Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.

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Then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea ."

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"But Rabbi," they said, "a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?"

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Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light.

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It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has no light."

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After he had said this, he went on to tell them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen sleep; but I am going there to wake him up."

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So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

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Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

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His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better."

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and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

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Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."