John 11:1

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Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

Just at that time it happened that she had been taken ill and had died. They washed her body and laid her out in a room upstairs.

Now Jesus held in loving esteem Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

So they gave a dinner there in honor of Jesus, and Martha was waiting on them, but Lazarus was one of the guests with Jesus.

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate,

Now six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom He had raised from the dead.

And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

When they were getting near Jerusalem, that is, were at Bethphage and Bethany in front of the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples on ahead,

Now as they were journeying on, He came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house.