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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.”