41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up. He said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me.
42 I know that you always hear me. But I said this for the benefit of the people standing here. I said it so they will believe that you sent me."
43 Then Jesus called in a loud voice. He said, "Lazarus, come out!"
44 The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of linen. A cloth was around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the clothes he was buried in and let him go."
45 Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did. So they put their faith in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees. They told the Pharisees what Jesus had done.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What can we do?" they asked. "This man is doing many miraculous signs.