KJV King James Version
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
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John 11:28
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
WEB World English Bible
When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, ‘The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;’
Surrounding context — John 11
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard [that], she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
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ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itεἰποῦσαG2036 · eiponto sayἀπῆλθενG565 · aperchomaito go awayκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐφώνησενG5455 · phōneōto callΜαριὰμG3137 · MariaMaryτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀδελφὴνG79 · adelphēsisterαὐτῆςG846 · autosit/s/heλάθρᾳG2977 · lathraquietlyεἰποῦσα·G2036 · eiponto sayὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιδάσκαλοςG1320 · didaskalosteacherπάρεστινG3918 · pareimibe presentκαὶG2532 · kaiandφωνεῖG5455 · phōneōto callσε.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
John 13:13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for [so] I am.John 11:20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat [still] in the house.Mark 10:49And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.1 Thessalonians 4:17-18Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.John 20:16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.John 1:45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.Zechariah 3:10In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.Song of Solomon 2:8-14The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.John 10:3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.Luke 10:38-42Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.Matthew 26:18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.John 1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.Luke 22:11And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?John 21:7Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt [his] fisher’s coat [unto him], (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.Mark 14:14And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
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