John 11:20
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
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- Luke 10:38-42 : 38 Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
- John 11:30 : 30 (Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)
- Acts 10:25 : 25 So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.
- Acts 28:15 : 15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
- 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- Matt 25:1 : 1 The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- Matt 25:6 : 6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
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- John 11:28-358 verses89%
28 And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately,“The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29 So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 (Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)
31 Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
34 He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
- John 11:21-255 verses85%
21 Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you.”
23 Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”
24 Martha said,“I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,
- John 11:17-193 verses83%
17 Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.
18 (Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
19 so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
- Luke 10:38-425 verses82%
38 Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.
39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.
40 But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”
41 But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,
42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
- John 11:1-66 verses78%
1 The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.
- John 20:10-112 verses76%
10 Jesus’ Appearance to Mary Magdalene So the disciples went back to their homes.
11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
- John 11:38-403 verses76%
38 Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb.(Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)
39 Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”
40 Jesus responded,“Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”
- John 12:1-22 verses75%
1 Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.
- John 11:43-453 verses73%
43 When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”
44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
45 The Response of the Jewish Leaders Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.
- John 11:14-152 verses72%
14 Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,
15 and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
- John 20:14-163 verses72%
14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
16 Jesus said to her,“Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,“Rabboni”(which means Teacher).
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9 Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
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10 She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
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18 Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples,“I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what Jesus had said to her.
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61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
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3 Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.
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1 The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.
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38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.
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51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.