Verse 3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”

Referenced Verses

  • John 11:5 : 5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
  • John 11:36 : 36 Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!”
  • John 13:23 : 23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.
  • Phil 2:26-27 : 26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill. 27 In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
  • 2 Tim 4:20 : 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.
  • Heb 12:6-7 : 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” 7 Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
  • Jas 5:14-15 : 14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
  • John 11:11 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
  • Gen 22:2 : 2 God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much–
  • John 11:1 : 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.