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John 11
¹⁵ And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”
¹⁶ Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus.”
¹⁷ When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
¹⁸ Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
¹⁹ and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.
²⁰ When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
²¹ Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
²² But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”
²³ Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
²⁴ “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
²⁵ Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.