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• DiakoniaBible

  Diakonia is a Greek word meaning "service," "ministry," or "office." In the New Testament it refers to the service of Jesus, almsgiving, the ministry of the word, and church office.

• Martha and MaryPeople

  Martha and Mary are sisters from Bethany in the New Testament and the sisters of Lazarus. They are known for welcoming Jesus into their home, for the raising of their brother Lazarus, and for Mary's anointing of Jesus with ointment.

• LazarusPeople

  Lazarus was a man of Bethany mentioned in the Gospel of John and the brother of Martha and Mary. He is known as the man whom Jesus raised from the dead four days after his death.

• Mary MagdalenePeople

  Mary Magdalene was a woman disciple who followed Jesus from the time of his Galilean ministry. All four Gospels record that she witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus and the empty tomb, and the Gospel of John presents her as the first person to meet the risen Jesus.

• BethanyBible

  Bethany was a village on the slope of the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. In the Gospels it appears as the home of Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, and as the place where Jesus stayed during Holy Week.

• Luke 10Bible

  Luke 10 is the chapter in which Jesus sends out the seventy, two by two, to proclaim the kingdom of God. It also contains the parable of the Good Samaritan, which arises from a conversation with a lawyer, and the account of Martha and Mary.

• Luke 11Bible

  Luke 11 is the chapter in which Jesus teaches his disciples the Lord's Prayer and persistent prayer, addresses the Beelzebub controversy and the sign of Jonah, and then rebukes the Pharisees and lawyers.

• Raising of LazarusBible

  The raising of Lazarus is an event recorded in John 11, in which Jesus, at Bethany, raised Lazarus from the tomb after he had been dead four days. It is commonly regarded as the last and greatest of the signs in the Gospel of John.

• John 11:25–26Bible Verses

  John 11:25–26 is the passage in which Jesus, after the death of Lazarus, tells Martha, "I am the resurrection, and the life." It is one of the "I am" declarations in the Gospel of John and is the passage most frequently read at Christian funeral services.