¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,^(A) and have it to the full.^(B)

¹¹ “I am^(C) the good shepherd.^(D) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^{(E) 12} The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.^(F) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. ¹³ The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd;^(G) I know my sheep^(H) and my sheep know me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(I)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^{(J) 16} I have other sheep^(K) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock^(L) and one shepherd.^{(M) 17} The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life^(N)—only to take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.^(O) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”^(P)

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am^(A) the resurrection and the life.^(B) The one who believes^(C) in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶ and whoever lives by believing^(D) in me will never die.^(E) Do you believe this?”

²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah,^(F) the Son of God,^(G) who is to come into the world.”^(H)

²⁸ After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher^(I) is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” ²⁹ When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. ³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.^{(J) 31} When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her,^(K) noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

³² When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”^(L)

³³ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved^(M) in spirit and troubled.^{(N) 34} “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

³⁵ Jesus wept.^(O)

³⁶ Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”^(P)

³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man^(Q) have kept this man from dying?”^(R)

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved,^(S) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.^{(T) 39} “Take away the stone,” he said.

“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”^(U)

⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe,^(V) you will see the glory of God?”^(W)

⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up^(X) and said, “Father,^(Y) I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,^(Z) that they may believe that you sent me.”^(AA)

⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”^{(AB) 44} The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,^(AC) and a cloth around his face.^(AD)

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”