11 ¹ There was a man named Lazarus who had fallen ill. His home was at Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 11 ² (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus had fallen ill, was the woman who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair.) 11 ³ The sisters sent a message to him: 'Sir, you should know that your friend lies ill.' 11 ⁴ When Jesus heard this he said, 'This sickness will not end in death; it has come for the glory of God, to bring glory to the Son of God.'

11 ⁵ And therefore, though he loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, 11 ⁶ after hearing of his illness Jesus waited for two days in the place where he was.
11 ⁷ After this, he said to his disciples, 'Let us go back to Judaea.' 11 ⁸ 'Rabbi,' his disciples said, 'it is not long since the Jews there were wanting to stone you. Are you going there again?' 11 ⁹ Jesus replied, 'Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone can walk in daytime without stumbling, because he sees the light of this world. 11 ¹⁰ But if he walks after nightfall he stumbles, because the light fails him.'
11 ¹¹ After saying this he added, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I shall go and wake him.' 11 ¹² The disciples said, 'Master, if he has fallen asleep he will recover.' 11 ¹³ Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death, but they thought that he meant natural sleep, 11 ¹⁴ Then Jesus spoke out plainly: 'Lazarus is dead. 11 ¹⁵ I am glad not to have been there; it will be for your good and for the good of your faith. But let us go to him.' 11 ¹⁶ Thomas, called 'the Twin', said to his fellow-disciples, 'Let us also go, that we may die with him.'