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Gospel of John, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of John—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of 1Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister 2Martha.
  2. It was the Mary who 3anointed 4the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
  3. So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “5Lord, behold, 6he whom You love is sick.”
  4. But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for 7the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
  5. Now Jesus loved 8Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
  6. So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
  7. Then after this He *said to the disciples, “9Let us go to Judea again.”
  8. The disciples *said to Him, “10Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking 11to stone You, and are You going there again?”
  9. Jesus answered, “12Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
  10. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
  11. This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our 13friend Lazarus 14has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”
  12. The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will [a]recover.”
  13. Now 15Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of [b]literal sleep.
  14. So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
  15. and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.”
  16. 16Therefore Thomas, who is called [c]17Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
  17. ¶ So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb 18four days.
  18. Now 19Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [d]two miles off;
  19. and many of 20the Jews had come to 21Martha and Mary, 22to console them concerning their brother.
  20. 23Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but 24Mary [e]stayed at the house.
  21. Martha then said to Jesus, “25Lord, 26if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
  22. Even now I know that 27whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
  23. Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
  24. Martha *said to Him, “28I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
  25. Jesus said to her, “29I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
  26. and everyone who lives and believes in Me 30will never die. Do you believe this?”
  27. She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are [f]31the Christ, the Son of God, even [g]32He who comes into the world.”
  28. ¶ When she had said this, she 33went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “34The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
  29. And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.
  30. ¶ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but 35was still in the place where Martha met Him.
  31. 36Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and 37consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
  32. Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “38Lord, 39if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  33. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and 40the Jews who came with her also weeping, He 41was deeply moved in spirit and [h]42was troubled,
  34. and said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
  35. Jesus 43wept.
  36. So 44the Jews were saying, “See how He 45loved him!”
  37. But some of them said, “Could not this man, who 46opened the eyes of the blind man, [i]have kept this man also from dying?”
  38. ¶ So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a 47cave, and a stone was lying against it.
  39. Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time [j]there will be a stench, for he has been dead 48four days.”
  40. Jesus *said to her, “49Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
  41. So they removed the 50stone. Then Jesus 51raised His eyes, and said, “52Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  42. I knew that You always hear Me; but 53because of the [k]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that 54You sent Me.”
  43. When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”
  44. The man who had died came forth, 55bound hand and foot with wrappings, and 56his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
  45. 57Therefore many of the Jews 58who came to Mary, and 59saw what He had done, believed in Him.
  46. But some of them went to the 60Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
  47. ¶ Therefore 61the chief priests and the Pharisees 62convened a 63council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many [l]64signs.
  48. If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our 65place and our nation.”
  49. But one of them, 66Caiaphas, 67who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
  50. nor do you take into account that 68it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
  51. Now he did not say this [m]on his own initiative, but 69being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
  52. and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also 70gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
  53. So from that day on they 71planned together to kill Him.
  54. ¶ Therefore Jesus 72no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called 73Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
  55. ¶ Now 74the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover 75to purify themselves.
  56. So they 76were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?”
  57. Now 77the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit be saved
  2. ^ Lit the slumber of sleep
  3. ^ I.e. the Twin
  4. ^ Lit 15 stadia (9,090 ft)
  5. ^ Lit was sitting
  6. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  7. ^ The Coming One was the Messianic title
  8. ^ Lit troubled Himself
  9. ^ Lit have caused that this man also not die
  10. ^ Lit he stinks
  11. ^ Lit crowd
  12. ^ Or attesting miracles
  13. ^ Lit from himself

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 21:17; Jn 11:18
  2. ^ Lu 10:38; Jn 11:5, 19ff
  3. ^ Lu 7:38; Jn 12:3
  4. ^ Lu 7:13; Jn 11:3, 21, 32; 13:13f
  5. ^ Lu 7:13; Jn 11:2, 21, 32; 13:13f
  6. ^ Jn 11:5, 11, 36
  7. ^ Jn 9:3; 10:38; 11:40
  8. ^ Jn 11:1
  9. ^ Jn 10:40
  10. ^ Mt 23:7
  11. ^ Jn 8:59; 10:31
  12. ^ Lu 13:33; Jn 9:4; 12:35
  13. ^ Jn 11:3
  14. ^ Mt 27:52; Mr 5:39; Jn 11:13; Ac 7:60
  15. ^ Mt 9:24; Lu 8:52
  16. ^ Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18; Lu 6:15; Jn 14:5; 20:26-28; Ac 1:13
  17. ^ Jn 20:24; 21:2
  18. ^ Jn 11:39
  19. ^ Jn 11:1
  20. ^ Jn 1:19; 11:8
  21. ^ Jn 11:1
  22. ^ 1Sa 31:13; 1Ch 10:12; Jb 2:11; Jn 11:31
  23. ^ Lu 10:38-42
  24. ^ Lu 10:38-42
  25. ^ Jn 11:2
  26. ^ Jn 11:32, 37
  27. ^ Jn 9:31; 11:41f
  28. ^ Da 12:2; Jn 5:28f; Ac 24:15
  29. ^ Jn 1:4; 5:26; 6:39f; Re 1:18
  30. ^ Jn 6:47, 50, 51; 8:51
  31. ^ Mt 16:16; Lu 2:11
  32. ^ Jn 6:14
  33. ^ Jn 11:30
  34. ^ Mt 26:18; Mr 14:14; Lu 22:11; Jn 13:13
  35. ^ Jn 11:20
  36. ^ Jn 11:19, 33
  37. ^ Jn 11:19
  38. ^ Jn 11:2
  39. ^ Jn 11:21
  40. ^ Jn 11:19
  41. ^ Jn 11:38
  42. ^ Jn 12:27; 13:21
  43. ^ Lu 19:41; Jn 11:33
  44. ^ Jn 11:19
  45. ^ Jn 11:3
  46. ^ Jn 9:7
  47. ^ Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; Lu 24:2; Jn 20:1
  48. ^ Jn 11:17
  49. ^ Jn 11:4, 23ff
  50. ^ Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; Lu 24:2; Jn 20:1
  51. ^ Jn 17:1; Ac 7:55
  52. ^ Mt 11:25
  53. ^ Jn 12:30; 17:21
  54. ^ Jn 3:17
  55. ^ Jn 19:40
  56. ^ Jn 20:7
  57. ^ Jn 7:31
  58. ^ Jn 11:19; 12:17f
  59. ^ Jn 2:23
  60. ^ Jn 7:32, 45; 11:57
  61. ^ Jn 7:32, 45; 11:57
  62. ^ Mt 26:3
  63. ^ Mt 5:22
  64. ^ Jn 2:11
  65. ^ Mt 24:15
  66. ^ Mt 26:3
  67. ^ Jn 11:51; 18:13
  68. ^ Jn 18:14
  69. ^ Jn 18:13
  70. ^ Jn 10:16
  71. ^ Mt 26:4
  72. ^ Jn 7:1
  73. ^ 2Ch 13:19 mg
  74. ^ Mt 26:1f; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:1; Jn 2:13; 12:1; 13:1
  75. ^ Nu 9:10; 2Ch 30:17f; Jn 18:28
  76. ^ Jn 7:11
  77. ^ Jn 11:47

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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