John 11

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away, 19and many Jewish people had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, while Mary remained seated in the house. 21Martha told Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask him.” 23Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise.” 24Martha replied, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” 25Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live even if they die, 26and everyone who lives and believes in me will certainly never die. Do you believe this?” 27She told him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

28After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30Jesus had not yet entered the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31The Jewish mourners who were with Mary in the house comforting her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jewish mourners who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled himself. 34He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.” 35Jesus wept. 36So the mourners said, “See how he loved him!” 37But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”