But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 11:4 in context
John 11:1–7
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Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
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It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
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The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
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But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
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Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
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