John 11:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 11:19 : 19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-18 : 16 So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night. 17 And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them. 18 And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

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  • 83%

    32When 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.

    33And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

    34And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

    35And Jesus himself was weeping.

    36So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

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    28And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

    29And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

    30Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

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    19And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

    20When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

    21Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

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    10So then the disciples went away again to their houses.

    11But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

  • 10She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

  • Mark 5:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

    39And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

  • John 11:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Now 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.)

    3So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

  • 17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • Luke 8:51-54
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    51And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

    52And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

    53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

    54But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

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    38So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

    39Jesus 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.

  • 23Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

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    43Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44And 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.

    45Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

  • 15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • John 11:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

    6So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

  • Luke 7:11-13
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    74%

    11And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

    12Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

    13And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

  • 13They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

  • John 20:2-3
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    2Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

    3So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.

  • 15And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

  • 47And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

  • 38Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

  • 12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • 17Now 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.

  • 9Then 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.

  • 39Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

  • 40But 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.

  • 41Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

  • 25But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

  • 11These 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.