1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived at Bethany where his sisters Mary and Martha lived.
2 This is the same Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.
3 The sisters therefore sent for the Lord, They said: »The one for whom you have great affection is sick.«
4 When Jesus heard it he said: »This sickness will not end in death. It is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.«
5 Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he heard the news he stayed where he was for two days.
7 After this he said to the disciples: »Let us go to Judea again.«
8 The disciples said: »Rabbi, the Jews were seeking to stone you and you go there?«
9 Jesus answered: »Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world.
10 »But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.«
11 Then he told them: »Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I go to wake him out of sleep.«
12 The disciples said, »Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he would recover.«
13 Jesus spoke of his death. They thought he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said plainly: »Lazarus is dead!«