JESUS FRIEND DIES

A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. The sisters sent a messages to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick. When Jesus got to Bethany. he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Martha went out to meet him. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother will live again! I am the one who raise the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. Do you believe this?" "Yes, Lord! I believe that you are Christ, the Son of God." After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, "The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you." As soon as Mary heard this she got up and went out to Jesus. She knelt at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would no have died." When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying. he was terribly upset and asked, "Where have you put his body?" They replied, "Lord , come and you will see." Jesus started crying, and the people said, "See how much he loved Lazarus." Some of them said, "He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?" After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up toward heaven and prayed, "Father, I thank you for answering my prayer. I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so that the people here would believe that you sent me." When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, "Lazarus, come out!" The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped withn strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face. Jesus then told the people " Untie him and let him go.