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So Thomas (called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, " Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, " Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? "

" He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them ."