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But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father."

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Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

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Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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(It was the Mary who poured the perfume over the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.)

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Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

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Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."

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Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.

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Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;

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and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.

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Martha, however, as soon as she heard the tidings, "Jesus is coming," went to meet Him; but Mary remained sitting in the house.

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So she, on hearing that, rose up quickly to go to Him.

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Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

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But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"

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Jesus, however, again restraining His strong feeling, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone had been laid against the mouth of it.

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So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.

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I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me."

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though some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what He had done.

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But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.

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It was not as a mere man that he thus spoke. But being High Priest that year he was inspired to declare that Jesus was to die for the nation,

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The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

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Now the High Priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if any one knew where He was, he should give information, so that they might arrest Him.

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So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

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Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet, and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus),

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