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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 11
⁴ But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.”
⁵ So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
⁶ he stayed where he was for the next two days.
⁷ Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
⁸ But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
⁹ Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world.
¹⁰ But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.”
¹¹ Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
¹² The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!”
¹³ They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.
¹⁴ So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.