John 11:21

New International Reader's Version

“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “I wish you had been here! Then my brother would not have died.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:18

The woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. What do you have against me? Did you come to bring my sin out into the open? Did you come to kill my son?”

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God. They said, “Can God really put food on a table in the desert?

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God. They made the Holy One of Israel sad and angry.

Matthew 9:18

While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came. He got down on his knees in front of Jesus. He said, “My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”

John 11:2

Mary would later pour perfume on the Lord. She would also wipe Jesus’ feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick in bed.

John 11:3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus. “Lord,” they told him, “the one you love is sick.”

John 11:32

Mary reached the place where Jesus was. When she saw him, she fell at his feet. She said, “Lord, I wish you had been here! Then my brother would not have died.”

John 11:37

But some of them said, “He opened the eyes of the blind man. Couldn’t he have kept this man from dying?”