(Part VI of VII) What effect did the raising of their brother Lazarus from the dead have on Martha? On Mary? We have a clue in the final story in scripture about Martha and Mary.From Matthew the 26th chapter, Mark the 14th chapter and the Gospel of John the 12th chapter, scripture tells us that a dinner was given in honor of Jesus in the house of Simon the leper in Bethany — who was no longer a leper because of the healing power of Jesus.Lazarus was there and the dinner was held 6 days before the Passover — when ...