John 11:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.]

Cross References

Luke 10:38

Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house.

Luke 10:40

But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]!

Luke 10:41

But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;

John 11:1

NOW A certain man named Lazarus was ill. He was of Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

John 11:3

So the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, he whom You love [so well] is sick.

John 11:36

The Jews said, See how [tenderly] He loved him!

John 11:6

Therefore [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was.

John 11:8

The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews only recently were intending and trying to stone You, and are You [thinking of] going back there again?

John 16:27

For the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from the Father.

John 17:26

I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.