4. And when he heard it, Jesus said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5. (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
6. So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place where he was two days.
7. Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8. The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?”
9. Jesus replied, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10. But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
11. He said these things, and after this he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him.”
12. So the disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”
13. (Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about real sleep.)
14. So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
15. and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16. Then Thomas (the one who is called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go also, so that we may die with him.”
17. So when he arrived, Jesus found he had already been four days in the tomb.
18. (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.
19. So many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their brother.)
20. Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21. So Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22. Even now I know that whatever you ask God, God will grant you.”
23. Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”