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John 11:1¹Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:17 Luke 10:38-42 2 Kgs 20:1-12 John 11:11 John 12:9 Matt 21:17 Acts 9:37 John 11:5-6 John 11:3 Luke 16:20-25

John 11:2²(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:3 Mark 14:3 Matt 26:6-7 Luke 7:37-38

John 11:3³So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:5 Rev 3:19 Heb 12:6-7 John 13:23 Ps 16:3 2 Tim 4:20 Gen 22:2 John 11:11 John 11:36 Phil 2:26-27

John 11:4⁴When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:40 John 9:3 1 Pet 4:14 John 5:23 1 Pet 4:11 John 13:31-32 John 17:5 Mark 5:39-42 John 2:11 Phil 1:20

John 11:5⁵(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 15:9-13 John 11:36 John 17:26 John 16:27 John 11:8

John 11:6⁶So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 30:18 Isa 55:8-9 Gen 22:14 Gen 42:24 Gen 43:29-31 Gen 44:1-5 Gen 45:1-5 Matt 15:22-28

John 11:7⁷Then after this, he said to his disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 20:22-24 Acts 15:36 John 10:40-42 Luke 9:51

John 11:8⁸The disciples replied, “Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:31 John 8:59 Acts 21:12-13 Matt 16:21-23 John 10:39 Acts 20:24 Ps 11:1-3 Matt 23:7

John 11:9⁹Jesus replied, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 9:4 John 12:35 Jer 31:9 Luke 13:31-33 Prov 3:23

John 11:10¹⁰But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 2:10-11 Prov 4:18-19 Jer 13:16 Jer 20:11 Eccl 2:14 Ps 27:2

John 11:11¹¹After he said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 12:2 John 11:13 1 Thess 5:10 John 11:43-44 Matt 27:52 1 Cor 15:51 Eph 5:14 Exod 33:11 Mark 5:39 Matt 9:24

John 11:12¹²Then the disciples replied, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

John 11:13¹³(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 9:24

John 11:14¹⁴Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 16:25 John 10:24 John 16:29

John 11:15¹⁵and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:10 John 14:10-11 1 John 5:13 Isa 54:15 John 11:35-36 John 11:4 2 Cor 4:15 Isa 65:8 John 12:30 John 17:19

John 11:16¹⁶So Thomas (called Didymus ) said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:37 Luke 6:15 Mark 3:18 Matt 10:3 Matt 26:35 John 14:5 John 20:24-29 John 21:2 Acts 1:13 John 11:8

John 11:17¹⁷When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:39 Hos 6:2 Acts 2:27-31 John 2:19

John 11:18¹⁸(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:1 Luke 24:13 Rev 14:20 John 6:19 Rev 21:16

John 11:19¹⁹so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:11 1 Thess 5:11 John 11:31 2 Cor 1:4 1 Thess 4:18 Job 42:11 Rom 12:15 2 Sam 10:2 Gen 37:35 Jer 16:5-7

John 11:20²⁰So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:17 Luke 10:38-42 John 11:30 Matt 25:1 Acts 10:25 Acts 28:15 Matt 25:6

John 11:21²¹Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:32 Matt 9:18 1 Kgs 17:18 John 11:37 John 4:47-49 Luke 7:6-10 Luke 8:49-55 Ps 78:19 Luke 7:13-15 Ps 78:41

John 11:22²²But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 9:31 John 11:41-42 Mark 9:23 Matt 28:18 Heb 11:17-19 John 17:2 John 3:35 John 5:22-27 Ps 2:8

John 11:23²³Jesus replied, “Your brother will come back to life again.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:43-44

John 11:24²⁴Martha said, “I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 12:2-3 Acts 24:15 John 5:28-29 Isa 26:19 Acts 17:31-32 Hos 13:14 Luke 14:14 Ps 17:15 Hos 6:2 Acts 23:6-9

John 11:25²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:14 John 3:36 1 John 5:11-12 John 1:4 Rom 8:10-11 John 5:21 Isa 26:19 John 6:39-40 John 6:44 Rom 8:2

John 11:26²⁶and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:28 John 5:24 Rom 8:13 1 John 5:10-12 John 8:51-53 John 6:54-58 John 3:15-18 John 6:50-51 John 4:14 John 14:10

John 11:27²⁷She replied, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:16 John 6:14 John 6:69 Mal 3:1 1 John 5:1 1 John 5:20 1 Tim 1:15-16 Luke 2:11 Acts 8:36 John 1:49

John 11:28²⁸And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:13 1 Thess 4:17-18 John 11:20 John 20:16 Mark 10:49 John 1:41 John 1:45 John 10:3 John 21:7 Luke 10:38-42

John 11:29²⁹So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 27:8 Prov 15:23 Ps 119:59-60 Song 3:1-4 Prov 27:17

John 11:30³⁰(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:20

John 11:31³¹Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:19 2 Sam 12:16-18 Gen 37:35 1 Cor 2:15

John 11:32³²Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:21 Luke 17:16 Luke 5:8 Luke 8:41 Rev 22:8 Rev 5:14 Rev 5:8 John 11:37

John 11:33³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:38 John 12:27 Mark 3:5 Rom 12:15 Gen 43:30-31 Gen 45:1-5 Heb 5:7-8 Mark 14:33-35 Heb 4:15 John 13:21

John 11:34³⁴He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They replied, “Lord, come and see.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 28:6 John 20:2 Mark 15:47 Mark 16:6 John 1:39

John 11:35³⁵Jesus wept.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:41 Heb 4:15 John 11:33 Isa 53:3 Jer 13:17 Ps 119:136 Heb 2:16-17 Job 30:25 Gen 43:30 Isa 63:9

John 11:36³⁶Thus the people who had come to mourn said, “Look how much he loved him!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:3 1 John 3:1 1 John 4:9-10 Rev 1:5 Eph 5:2 2 Cor 8:8-9 Eph 5:25 John 14:21-23 John 21:15-17

John 11:37³⁷But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 9:6-7 John 11:32 Luke 23:35 Luke 23:39 Matt 27:40-42 Ps 78:19-20 John 11:21 Mark 15:32

John 11:38³⁸Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:33 Luke 24:2 Matt 27:60 Gen 23:19 Isa 22:16 John 20:1 Mark 15:46 Mark 8:12 Ezek 21:6 Ezek 9:4

John 11:39³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, “Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:17 Ps 49:7 Mark 16:3 Gen 3:19 Phil 3:21 Gen 23:4

John 11:40⁴⁰Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:4 John 11:23-26 Rom 4:17-25 Ps 63:2 John 1:14 2 Cor 3:18 Ps 90:16 2 Chr 20:20 2 Cor 4:6 John 9:3

John 11:41⁴¹So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 11:25 John 17:1 Ps 123:1 Luke 10:21 Phil 4:6 John 12:28-30 Luke 18:13

John 11:42⁴²I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:17 John 17:21 1 John 4:14 Heb 7:25 1 John 4:9-10 Heb 5:7 John 11:22 John 17:25 John 17:8 John 20:31

John 11:43⁴³When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:33-36 Acts 9:40 Acts 9:34 Luke 7:14-15 1 Kgs 17:21-22 Acts 3:6 Acts 3:12 Mark 4:41

John 11:44⁴⁴The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 5:25 John 20:7 John 11:25-26 Phil 3:21 John 5:21 Luke 7:15 1 Sam 2:6 Acts 20:9-12 Gen 1:3 John 10:30

John 11:45⁴⁵Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:19 John 2:23 John 10:41 John 11:31 John 12:17-19 John 12:42 John 12:9-11 John 7:31

John 11:46⁴⁶But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 9:13 Luke 16:30-31 Acts 5:25 John 12:37 John 5:15-16

John 11:47⁴⁷So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:3 Acts 4:16-17 Acts 4:5-6 John 11:57 John 12:19 John 2:11 Matt 5:22 Acts 4:27-28 Acts 5:21 Acts 5:24

John 11:48⁴⁸If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:15-16 Acts 5:28 Dan 9:26-27 Matt 23:35-38 Matt 27:25 Zech 14:1-2 Deut 28:50-68 Luke 11:52 Luke 21:20-24 Luke 23:28-31

John 11:49⁴⁹Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, “You know nothing at all!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:51 John 18:13-14 Matt 26:3 Prov 26:12 Acts 4:6 Luke 3:2 1 Cor 1:20 1 Cor 2:6 1 Cor 3:18-19 Isa 5:20-23

John 11:50⁵⁰You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:14 Luke 24:46 John 19:12 Rom 3:8 John 11:48

John 11:51⁵¹(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:21 Dan 9:26 1 Sam 23:9 Exod 28:30 Gal 4:4-5 Matt 20:28 1 Cor 13:2 1 Sam 28:6 Gal 3:13 Isa 53:5-8

John 11:52⁵²and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:16 Isa 49:6 1 John 2:2 1 Pet 1:1 Eph 1:9-10 Eph 2:14-22 Rev 5:9 Rom 9:25-26 Col 1:20-23 Luke 2:32

John 11:53⁵³So from that day they planned together to kill him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 5:33 Acts 9:23 Jer 38:15 Jer 38:4 John 11:47 John 12:10 Mark 14:1 Mark 3:6 Matt 16:21 Matt 22:46

John 11:54⁵⁴Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:1 2 Chr 13:19 John 7:4 2 Sam 13:23 John 10:40 John 18:20 John 4:1-3 John 7:10 John 7:13

John 11:55⁵⁵Now the Jewish Feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 30:17-20 Heb 9:13-14 Exod 19:10 Gen 35:2 John 12:1 John 2:13 John 6:4 1 Cor 11:28 1 Sam 16:5 Acts 24:18

John 11:56⁵⁶Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:11 John 11:7-8

John 11:57⁵⁷(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 109:4 John 10:39 John 5:16-18 John 8:59 John 9:22

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