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The Book of John, Chapter 11, Verse 40

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Jesus said, ‹Take ye away the stone.› Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
King James Version
Jesus saith unto her, ‹Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?›
American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
New English Translation
(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,
World English Bible
Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
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Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, ‹Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.›
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‹And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said› [it], ‹that they may believe that thou hast sent me.›
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And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, ‹Lazarus, come forth.›
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And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, ‹Loose him, and let him go.›
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Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
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But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
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Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
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If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
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Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.