But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,

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

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

After he said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.