John 11:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat in the house.

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  • Luke 10:38-42 : 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • John 11:30 : 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met him.
  • Acts 10:25 : 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
  • Acts 28:15 : 15 And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:6 : 6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.

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  • John 11:28-35
    8 verses
    89%

    28And when she had said this, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, The Master has come and is calling for you.

    29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to him.

    30Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met him.

    31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw Mary get up hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there.

    32Then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

    33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

    34And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

  • John 11:21-25
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    85%

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

    22But I know that even now, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.

    23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.

    24Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

    25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live:

  • John 11:17-19
    3 verses
    83%

    17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the grave four days.

    18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away:

    19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

  • Luke 10:38-42
    5 verses
    82%

    38Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

    39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word.

    40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.

    41And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things:

    42But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

  • John 11:1-6
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    1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

    3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.

    4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified through it.

    5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

    6When he heard therefore that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

  • John 20:10-11
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    10Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

    11But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping, and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb,

  • John 11:38-40
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    38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

    39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.

    40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?

  • John 12:1-2
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    1Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

    2There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

  • John 11:43-45
    3 verses
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    43And when he had spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

    44And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.

    45Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.

  • John 11:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

    15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him.

  • John 20:14-16
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    14And when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

    16Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned and said to him, Rabboni; which means, Teacher.

  • John 12:9
    70%

    9A large crowd of the Jews then knew that he was there; and they came, not only for Jesus' sake, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

  • Mark 16:10
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    10And she went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

  • John 20:18
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    18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

  • Matt 27:61
    70%

    61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulcher.

  • John 20:3
    70%

    3So Peter went out, and the other disciple, and came to the tomb.

  • John 20:1
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    1On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

  • Mark 5:38
    70%

    38And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly.

  • Luke 8:51
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    51And when he came into the house, he allowed no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the girl.