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John 11:4

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When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

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  1. John 11:2

    (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

  2. John 11:3

    Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

  3. John 11:5

    Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

  4. John 11:6

    When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.