¹² So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

²⁴ He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

³⁹ And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

⁵² And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

¹¹ These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.