1. Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived, was sick.
2. (Mary was the woman who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was sick.)
3. So the sisters sent a messenger to tell Jesus, “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
4. When Jesus heard the message, he said, “His sickness won’t result in death. Instead, this sickness will bring glory to God so that the Son of God will receive glory through it.”