John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
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- John 11:5 : 5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
- John 11:36 : 36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!
- John 13:23 : 23 There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.
- Phil 2:26-27 : 26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill: 27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
- 2 Tim 4:20 : 20 Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.
- Heb 12:6-7 : 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod. 7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
- Jas 5:14-15 : 14 Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord. 15 And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
- Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
- John 11:11 : 11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.
- Gen 22:2 : 2 And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
- Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
- John 11:1 : 1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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- John 11:4-74 verses83%
4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
7 Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
- John 11:1-22 verses82%
1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)
- John 11:11-155 verses74%
11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.
12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.
13 Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.
- John 11:27-3610 verses74%
27 She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
28 And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.
29 And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.
32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,
34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.
35 And Jesus himself was weeping.
36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!
- John 11:42-443 verses73%
42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.
43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.
- John 11:39-402 verses72%
39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.
40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God?
- John 11:17-237 verses72%
17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.
20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.
23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.
- John 12:1-33 verses71%
1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.
2 So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.
3 Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
- John 12:9-102 verses69%
9 Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.
10 Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;
- Luke 7:2-32 verses68%
2 And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.
3 And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.
- Luke 10:39-402 verses68%
39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.
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17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.
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6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
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56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?
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47 When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
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26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!
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6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.
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3 So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.
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25 He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?