²⁰ When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

¹⁴ So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

³ The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

¹² Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

³⁵ Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

¹⁶ Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.

¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

¹³ As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

¹⁷ It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

⁵ Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

² He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."