So Jesus returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Capernaum there was a government official whose son was ill.

One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years.

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.

So the sisters sent word to Jesus and told him, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."

Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

through honor and dishonor; through ill repute and good repute; perceived as deceivers and yet true,

You know that it was because I was ill that I brought you the gospel the first time.