When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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Let's read what it says. This is what it says in John chapter 11, 32. Then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews came with her weeping, he groaned in his spirit and was troubled. And he said, where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Never once did Jesus say, how dare you talk to me that way? Who do you think you are? I'm God. You're not. No, he just cried with her. God can handle the hard questions. As we will see, he may not answer them the way that we might like, but he can handle the hard questions. He's got big enough shoulders to deal with your most raw, intimate emotions. The one person you do not need to sanitize them around is God. He's safe enough to process your feelings. …
… and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. But Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. Jesus said to her, your brother will rise. Martha said to him, I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day. Jesus told her, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, even if he dies will live. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? She said, Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world. When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is here and is asking for you. As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews …
… followed her, supposing that she went to the tomb to mourn there. Verse 32. When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him. She fell at his feet and said, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. verse 33. And when Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come along with her also were weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and troubled. Where have you laid him? He asked. Come and see, Lord, they replied. Verse 35. Jesus wept. I want you to see the scene this is a real place and a real event this really happened one sister comes home whispers into the other sister's ear the teacher's here she gets up quickly and runs out to the edge of town to meet Jesus and it says when she sees him she just collapses at his feet Mary if you know anything about her she loved to be at Jesus's feet though she would have preferred different circumstances for sure the heaviness of the heartache was too much to stand and she collapsed at his feet and she says the same words as her sister if you would have been here my brother would not have died verse 35 is the shortest verse in the bible if you are a kid and have to memorize bible verses that's the one you hope to get but while it's the shortest I think it may be one of the most powerful verses in the whole bible …