Then Jesus said to the scribe, "Tell me, brother, when you came to question me in the Temple, did you think perhaps that God had sent me to destroy the Law and the prophets? It is certain that God will not do this.

As God lives, in whose presence my soul stands, if the Book of Moses with the book of our father David had not been corrupted by the human traditions of false Pharisees, God would not give His word to me.

They boast themselves to be children of Abraham, and to possess the beautiful Temple, but they are children of Satan, and they do his will. Therefore, the Temple with the holy city will be destroyed in so much that there will not remain of the Temple one stone upon another." There, Jesus ended his discourse.

As they sat at the table, Mary who had already wept at the feet of Jesus entered into the house of Nicodemus (that was the name of the scribe). She weeping placed herself at the feet of Jesus, and said, "Lord, your servant who through you has found mercy with God, has a sister, and a brother who now lies sick in peril of death."

Jesus said, "Where is your house? Tell me, for I will come to ask God for his health." Mary answered, "My house is in Magdala, but the house of my brother and my sister is in Bethany." Jesus said to the woman, "Go you straightway to your brother's house, and wait for me, for I will come to heal him. Do not be afraid, for he will not die."

The woman departed, and went to Bethany. There, she found that her brother has died that day, and they laid him in the sepulchre of their fathers.

Jesus’ abode two days in the house of Nicodemus, and the third day he departed for Bethany. When he was near to the town, he sent two of his disciples before him to announce to Mary his coming.

She ran out of the town, and when she found Jesus started to cry and said, "Lord, you said that my brother would not die, but now he has been buried four days. I wish you had come when I called you, for then he had not died!"

Jesus answered, "your brother is not dead, but sleeps therefore, I come to awake him." Mary answered, weeping, "Lord, from such a sleep he shall be awakened on the day of judgment by the angel of God sounding his trumpet." Jesus answered, "Mary, believe me that he will raise before that day, because God has given me power over his sleep; and truly I say to you he is not dead, for he alone is dead who dies without finding mercy with God."

Mary returned quickly to announce to her sister Martha the coming of Jesus. Now there were assembled at the death of Lazarus a great number of Jews from Jerusalem, and many scribes and Pharisees. Martha, having heard from her sister Mary, the coming of Jesus, arose in haste and ran outside. Whereupon, the multitude of Jews, scribes, and Pharisees followed her to comfort her, because they supposed she was going to the sepulchre to weep over her brother.

When she arrived at the place where Jesus had spoken to Mary, Martha weeping said, "Lord, would to God you had been here, for then my brother had not died!" Mary then came up weeping. Whereupon, Jesus shed tears, and sighing said, "Where have you laid him?" They answered, "Come and see."

The Pharisees said among themselves, "Now this man who raised the son of the widow at Nain, why did he suffer this guy to die, having said that he shall not die?"

Jesus having come to the sepulchre, where everyone was weeping, said, "do not weep, for Lazarus sleeps, and I came to awake him." Then Jesus said again, "Take away the stone from the sepulchre." Martha said, "Lord, he stinks, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said, "Why then am I here, Martha? Do you not believe in me that I will awaken him?" Martha answered, "I know that you are the holy one of God, who has sent you into this world."

Then Jesus lifted up his hands to heaven, and said, "God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Ishmael and Lord of Isaac, have mercy upon the affliction of these women, and give glory to your holy name." When everyone had answered "Amen," Jesus said with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" Whereupon, he who was dead arose, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Loose him." He was bound in the grave-clothes with the napkin over his face, even as their fathers were accustomed to bury their dead.

A great multitude of the Jews and some of the Pharisees believed in Jesus, because the miracle was great. Those that remained in their unbelief departed and went to Jerusalem, announced to the chief of the priests the resurrection of Lazarus.