John 11:1 Cross References - Williams

¹ Now a man was sick; it was Lazarus who lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

¹⁷ And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

¹ When they were getting near Jerusalem, that is, were at Bethphage and Bethany in front of the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples on ahead,

³⁸ Now as they were journeying on, He came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house. ³⁹ She had a sister named Mary who took her seat at the Lord's feet, and remained listening to His message. ⁴⁰ But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me." ⁴¹ The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and vexed about many things. ⁴² But there is actual need of few things, really of only one thing. For Mary has chosen the good portion which must not be taken away from her."

²⁰ And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate, ²¹ and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores. ²² One day the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to be Abraham's bosom companion, and the rich man too died and was buried. ²³ And in Hades he looked up, in constant tortures as he was, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus his bosom companion. ²⁴ So he called and said, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am ceaselessly tortured in this flame.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received in full your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus his hardships in his, but now he is continuously comforted here, while you are continuously tortured there.

³ So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

⁵ Now Jesus held in loving esteem Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed over for two days in the place where He was.

¹¹ He said this, and after that He added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him."

¹ Now six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom He had raised from the dead. ² So they gave a dinner there in honor of Jesus, and Martha was waiting on them, but Lazarus was one of the guests with Jesus.

⁹ A goodly number of the Jews learned that He was at Bethany, and so they came there, not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

¹⁷ The crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead, kept on talking about it.

³⁷ Just at that time it happened that she had been taken ill and had died. They washed her body and laid her out in a room upstairs.