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and immediately the boat arrived at the place to which they were going.
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And so it was that when Jesus came he found that (Lazarus) had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany is near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away. Many of the Jews (from there) had come to visit Martha and Mary so they might console them about their brother.When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. But Mary remained sitting in the house. Martha said to Jesus "Lord if you were here my brother would not have died. Now I know that whatever you ask for, God will give it to you." Jesus said to her "Your brother will rise again". She says to him "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in
the last day." Jesus said to her "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he should die, will live. Any person who lives and believes in me will not be dead (and have to wait for ) the end of time. Do you believe this?" She says to him "Yes Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ the son of God who has come into the world." And on saying this she went away and called Mary her sister aside privately saying "The Teacher is here and is asking for you." When (Mary) heard this she rose quickly and came to him. Now as yet Jesus had not come into the village. He was still in the place where Martha had met him. Therefore the Jews who were with her (Mary) in the house and consoling her, on seeing that Mary quickly got up and went out, followed her. They were thinking "She is going to the tomb so that she can weep there." Mary came to where Jesus was and on seeing him she fell at his feet saying to him. "Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died." Jesus, when he saw her weeping and also saw that the Jews coming with her were weeping groaned within his spirit and was himself upset. He said "Where have you put him?" They said to him "Lord come and see." (By this time) Jesus was weeping. The Jews therefore said "See how he loved him." But some of them said "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have prevented this man from dying?"
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