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Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him: but Mary stay'd at home.

but yet even now whatever you shall ask of God, I know God will grant it to you.

no sooner she heard that, but she arose with all speed, and came to him.

for Jesus was not yet arrived in the town, but staid at the place were Martha met him.

but some of them said, this man who has given sight to the blind, could not he have prevented Lazarus's death?

I know that thou hearest me always: but I say this, because of the people here present, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus had done.

but one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest at that time, said to them, ye don't know what you are about.

now this he did not say from his own motion: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation:

and not for that nation only, but likewise to reassemble the dispersed children of God into one body.

For which reason he did not afterwards appear publickly among the Jews; but retir'd into the country near the desart, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

there a supper was provided for him; Martha was in waiting: but Lazarus was one of the guests that sat at table with him.

but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume.

this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.

the poor you will always have with you; but me you will not always have.

a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

but Jesus answered them, saying, the time is come, when the son of man is to be glorified.

verily, verily I say unto you, when a corn of wheat is thrown into the ground, there it lies a single grain unless it dies: but if it die, it becomes very fruitful.

he that loveth his life, shall lose it: but he that sacrifices his life in this world, shall preserve it to eternity.