Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
As they continued their journey, Jesus came to a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.
But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."
"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things;
Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';
"How he must have loved him!" the Jews exclaimed;
Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
"Rabbi," they replied, "the Jews were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?"
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from the Father.
I have made thee known to them, and will do so still; that the love that thou has had for me may be in their hearts, and that I may be in them also."