Bible verse
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
John 11:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 11.
16 Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
17 When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
KJV
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat [still] in the house.
ASV
Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.
ERV
Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.
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