John 11:1-5

1Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick.”

4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

5Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends].