1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
2 Mary was the woman who later put perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. Mary’s brother was Lazarus, the man who was now sick.
3 So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death. It is for the glory of God, to bring glory to the Son of God.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 But when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.