Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?
They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?
Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.
The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.