John 11:5

Plain English Version

Jesus was really good friends with Mary, Martha and Lazarus,

Cross References

Luke 10:38

Jesus and his followers kept going along the road to Jerusalem, and they went into a town. A woman called Martha lived in that town, and she asked him to come to her house, so they went with her.

Luke 10:40

Martha was busy getting a big dinner ready, and she got upset because Mary wasn’t helping her. So she said to Jesus, “Sir, my sister isn’t helping me with the work. She has left me to do it by myself. Do you think that is all right? Tell her to get up and help me.”

Luke 10:41

Jesus said, “Martha, Martha, you worry about a lot of things.

John 11:1

Jesus had a friend called Lazarus, and he lived in a little town in Judea country called Bethany. He lived there with his sisters, Mary and Martha. (Mary was the woman that, later on, rubbed Jesus’s feet with special perfume and wiped them with her hair.) One day, Lazarus got very sick,

John 11:3

so Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus. They said, “Your good friend Lazarus is very sick.”

John 11:36

The people saw Jesus crying, and some of them said, “Look at him. He really loved his friend.”

John 11:6

but after he got the message he stayed in the town where he was for another 2 days.

John 11:8

But his followers said, “What? Teacher, are you going to go back? When we were there a little while ago, the people there wanted to throw stones at you and kill you.”

John 16:27

You see, he loves you too. He loves you because you love me, and because you believe that I came from him.

John 17:26

I showed my followers what you are like, and I will keep on showing them, so that they will love each other, just like you love me. And I will be joined to them, so it’s like I am in them.”