Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

X: Christ; N: Narrator; V: Voice; C: Crowd.

Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.

The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.

Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed.

Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone.

Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

[Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee, will he?