1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus
came to Bethany, where Lazarus was,
who had been dead, whom he raised from
the dead.
2 So they made him a supper there.
Martha served, but Lazarus was one of
those who sat at the table with him.
3 Therefore Mary took a pound† of ointment
of pure nard, very precious, and
anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with
her hair. The house was filled with the
fragrance of the ointment.
4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of
his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for
three hundred denarii‡ and given to the
poor?”
6 Now he said this, not because he cared
for the poor, but because he was a thief,
and having the money box, used to steal
what was put into it.
7 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She
has kept this for the day of my burial.
8 For you always have the poor with you,
but you don’t always have me.”
9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews
learned that he was there; and they came,
not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might
see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from
the dead.
10 But the chief priests conspired to put
Lazarus to death also,
11 because on account of him many of the
Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
12 On the next day a great multitude had
come to the feast. When they heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 they took the branches of the palm
trees and went out to meet him, and cried
out, “Hosanna!§ Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord,* the King of Israel!”
14 Jesus, having found a young donkey,
sat on it. As it is written,
15 “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold,
your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s
colt.”*
16 His disciples didn’t understand these
things at first, but when Jesus was glorified,
then they remembered that these
things were written about him, and that
they had done these things to him.
17 The multitude therefore that was with
him when he called Lazarus out of the
tomb and raised him from the dead was
testifying about it.
18 For this cause also the multitude went
and met him, because they heard that he
had done this sign.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among
themselves, “See how you accomplish
nothing. Behold, the world has gone after
him.”
20 Now there were certain Greeks among
those who went up to worship at the feast.
21 Therefore, these came to Philip, who
was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked
him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in
turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they
told Jesus.
23 Jesus answered them, “The time has
come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain
of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it
remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it
bears much fruit.
25 He who loves his life will lose it. He
who hates his life in this world will keep it
to eternal life.
26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me.
Where I am, there my servant will also be.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor
him.
27 “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I
say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But
I came to this time for this cause.
28 Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came out of the sky, saying,
“I have both glorified it and will glorify it
again.”
29 Therefore the multitude who stood by
and heard it said that it had thundered.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30 Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t
come for my sake, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world.
Now the prince of this world will be cast
out.
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself.”
33 But he said this, signifying by what
kind of death he should die.
34 The multitude answered him, “We
have heard out of the law that the Christ
remains forever.* How do you say, ‘The
Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this
Son of Man?”
35 Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a
little while the light is with you. Walk
while you have the light, that darkness
doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the
darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in
the light, that you may become children
of light.” Jesus said these things, and he
departed and hid himself from them.
37 But though he had done so many signs
before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet
might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
“Lord, who has believed our report?
To whom has the arm of the Lord been
revealed?”*
39 For this cause they couldn’t believe,
for Isaiah said again:
40 “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened
their heart,
lest they should see with their eyes,
and perceive with their heart,
and would turn,
and I would heal them.”*
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw
his glory, and spoke of him. *
42 Nevertheless, even many of the rulers
believed in him, but because of the Pharisees
they didn’t confess it, so that they
wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
43 for they loved men’s praise more than
God’s praise.
44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever
believes in me, believes not in me, but in
him who sent me.
45 He who sees me sees him who sent
me.
46 I have come as a light into the world,
that whoever believes in me may not remain
in the darkness.
47 If anyone listens to my sayings and
doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I
came not to judge the world, but to save the
world.
48 He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive
my sayings, has one who judges him. The
word that I spoke will judge him in the last
day.
49 For I spoke not from myself, but the
Father who sent me gave me a commandment,
what I should say and what I should
speak.
50 I know that his commandment is eternal
life. The things therefore which I
speak, even as the Father has said to me, so
I speak.”
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