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John 11:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.” "

John 11:3

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

2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”

4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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John 11:1

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

John 11:2

"It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick."

John 11:4

"But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”"

John 11:5

"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."

John 11:6

"When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was."

John 11:7

"Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”"

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