1 A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, was ill. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
2 (This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.)
3 The sisters sent Jesus a message: “Lord, your dear friend is ill.”
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, “The final result of this illness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.