Now there was a certain man who was sick, Lazarus from  ¹Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

The sisters therefore sent to Him saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.

But when Jesus heard it, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

When therefore He heard that he was sick, He remained at that time in the place where He was for two days.

Then after this He said to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again.

The disciples  ¹said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and You are going there again?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

He said these things, and after this He said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him out of sleep.

The disciples then said to Him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will  ¹recover.

But Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

So Jesus then told them plainly, Lazarus has  ¹died.

And I rejoice for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.

Then Thomas, who is called  ¹Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him.

Then when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about  ¹fifteen stadia away.

And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him; but Mary sat in the house.

Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.

Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.

Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection  ¹in the last day.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live;

And everyone who lives and believes into Me shall by no means die forever. Do you believe this?

She said to Him, Yes, Lord; I have  ¹believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, He who comes into the world.

And when she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and  ¹is calling you.

And she, when she heard this, rose quickly and came to Him.

Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.

The Jews then who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to  ¹weep there.

Then Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

Then Jesus, when He saw her  ¹weeping and the Jews who came with her  ¹weeping, was moved with indignation in His spirit and was troubled,

And He said, Where have you put him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see.

Jesus  ¹wept.

The Jews then said, Behold how He loved him!

But some of them said, Could not He who opened the eyes of the blind man also have caused that this man would not die?

Jesus therefore, moved with indignation again in Himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was deceased, said to Him, Lord, by now he smells, for it is the fourth day that he is there.

Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?

And when the child grew up, one day he went out to his father among the reapers;

And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to his attendant, Carry him to his mother.

And when he had carried him in and brought him to his mother, the child lay upon her lap until noon, then died.

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and she shut the door behind him and went out.

Then she called her husband and said, Send me one of the attendants and one of the donkeys that I may run to the man of God and return.

And he said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the Sabbath. But she said, It will be fine.

Then she saddled the donkey and said to her attendant, Urge the beast, and do not restrain the ride for me unless I tell you.

So she went. And she came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. And when the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his attendant, That is the Shunammite over there.

Run now to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.

And when she came to the man of God on the mountain, she clung to his feet. And Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, Leave her alone; for she is bitter in soul, and Jehovah has hidden the matter from me and has not told me about it.

And she said, Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not mislead me?

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not respond to him. And lay my staff upon the face of the boy.

And the mother of the boy said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he rose up and followed her.

And Gehazi passed on before them and set the staff upon the boy's face, but there was no sound or reaction. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, saying, The boy has not awakened.

And when Elisha went into the house, there was the dead boy, laid out on his bed.

And he went in and shut the door behind the two of them, and he prayed to Jehovah.

Then he got up and lay on the child, and he put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his palms on his palms; and he stretched himself over him, and the flesh of the child became warm.

And he got down and walked about in the house once to and fro. Then he got up and stretched himself over him, and the boy sneezed seven times. Then the boy  ¹opened his eyes.

And he called Gehazi and said, Call that Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, Take up your son.

And she came and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground. And she took up her son and went out.

Then Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. And the sons of the prophets sat before him. And he said to his attendant, Put on the big pot, and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.

And one went out into the field to gather herbs. And he found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds. And he came and cut them up into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were.

And they poured out the stew for the men to eat. And while they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, O man of God, there is poison in the pot. And they were not able to eat it.

And he said, Then bring some  ¹flour. And he threw it into the pot and said, Pour it out for the people that they may eat. And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

Then a man came from Baal-shalishah and brought to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, Give it to the people that they may eat.

And his servant said, How can I set this before a hundred people? And he said, Give it to the people that they may eat; for thus says Jehovah, They shall eat and have some left.

So he set it before them; and they ate, and there was  ¹some left, according to the word of Jehovah.

Now Naaman, the captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man in the sight of his master and highly respected, because by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria. But the man, though a mighty man of valor, was a leper.

And the Syrians had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel, and she waited on Naaman's wife.

And she said to her mistress, If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.

And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, Thus and thus did the girl who is from the land of Israel say.

Then the king of Syria said, Go then, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes.

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read: And now, when this letter comes to you, I am sending Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, Am I God to put to death and to give life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Therefore consider now and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

And when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent word to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.

And Naaman came with his horses and his chariot and stood at the entrance of the house of Elisha.

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored; and you shall be clean.

But Naaman became furious and went away and said, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.

Are not the  ¹Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

And his servants came near and spoke to him and said, My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?

So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times according to the word of the man of God. And his flesh was  ¹restored to be like the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him and said, Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except with Israel. And now, please accept a present from your servant.

But he said, As Jehovah lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing. And Naaman urged him to take it, but he refused.

And Naaman said, Then if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth, for your servant will no more offer burnt offerings and sacrifices to other gods, but to Jehovah only.

In this matter may Jehovah pardon your servant: When my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there and leans on my arm, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may Jehovah pardon your servant in this matter.

And he said to him, Go in peace. And when he had gone from him a little way,

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God said, Now my master has spared Naaman this Syrian by not receiving from his hand that which he brought. As Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.

So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him and said, Is all well?

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Now at this moment two young men from among the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim; please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.

And Naaman said, Please take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his attendants; and they carried them before him.

And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house. And he sent the men away, and they departed.

And he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant has not gone anywhere.

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive clothing and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male servants and female servants?

Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, The place here where we dwell before you is too narrow for us.

Let us go to the Jordan and each take a beam from there, and let us make for ourselves a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.

And someone said, Please go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

And he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down the trees.

But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, Alas, my master! It was borrowed.

And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick and threw it there and made the iron  ¹float.

And he said, Take it up for yourself. And he stretched out his hand and took it.