When Martha had the news that Jesus was coming, she hastened to meet Him, and in her grief she exclaimed, "Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died!"
But Jesus told her that her brother should rise again; and that He, Himself, was the Resurrection and the Life: and He said that if only she would believe, she should see the glory of God!
And when Jesus came to the grave, and they rolled away the big stone, then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said: "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. And I knew that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it!" ... And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice: "Lazarus, come forth."
And Lazarus came out of the grave, and they unbound his grave clothes, and he was alive again.
So Martha did see "the glory of God!"
From this time, many of the Jews determined to destroy Jesus; and would gladly also have put Lazarus to death.
Not long after this, Simon the leper, who lived at Bethany, made a feast for Jesus.
Martha helped to serve the guests, but Lazarus sat down to the table with the Lord.
Many Jews were also guests, who came, not only to see Jesus, but to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Then, as Jesus sat at supper, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, brought an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it over His head and His feet, and the room was filled with the lovely odour.