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.
7. Then Jesus said to his followers, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8. The followers said, “But Teacher, some people there tried to stone you to death only a short time ago. Now you want to go back there?”