1. Now there was a certain man sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
2. It was the Mary who 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 whom thou lovest is sick.
4. But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.