11 ^1-2 Do you remember Mary, who poured the costly perfume on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair?^[a] Well, her brother Lazarus, who lived in Bethany with Mary and her sister Martha, was sick. ³ So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Sir, your good friend is very, very sick.”

⁴ But when Jesus heard about it he said, “The purpose of his illness is not death, but for the glory of God. I, the Son of God, will receive glory from this situation.”