John12

¹Six days before the Passover , Jesus therefore came to Bethany , where Lazarus was , whom Jesus had raised from the dead .

²So they gave a dinner for him there . Martha served , and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table .

³Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard , and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair . The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume .

⁴But Judas Iscariot , one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him ), said ,

⁵Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor ?

⁶He said this , not because he cared about the poor , but because he was a thief , and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

⁷Jesus said , Leave her alone , so that she may keep it for the day of my burial .

⁸For the poor you always have with you , but you do not always have me .

⁹When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there , they came , not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus , whom he had raised from the dead .

¹⁰So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well ,

¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus .

¹²The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem .

¹³So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him , crying out , Hosanna ! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord , even the King of Israel !

¹⁴And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it , just as it is written ,

¹⁵Fear not , daughter of Zion ; behold , your king is coming , sitting on a donkey’s colt !

¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first , but when Jesus was glorified , then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him .

¹⁷The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

¹⁸The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign .

¹⁹So the Pharisees said to one another , You see that you are gaining nothing . Look , the world has gone after him .

²⁰Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks .

²¹So these came to Philip , who was from Bethsaida in Galilee , and asked him , Sir , we wish to see Jesus .

²²Philip went and told Andrew ; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus .

²³And Jesus answered them , The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified .

²⁴Truly , truly , I say to you , unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies , it remains alone ; but if it dies , it bears much fruit .

²⁵Whoever loves his life loses it , and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life .

²⁶If anyone serves me , he must follow me ; and where I am , there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me , the Father will honor him .

²⁷Now is my soul troubled . And what shall I say ? Father , save me from this hour ? But for this purpose I have come to this hour .

²⁸Father , glorify your name . Then a voice came from heaven : I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again .

²⁹The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered . Others said , An angel has spoken to him .

³⁰Jesus answered , This voice has come for your sake , not mine .

³¹Now is the judgment of this world ; now will the ruler of this world be cast out .

³²And I , when I am lifted up from the earth , will draw all people to myself .

³³He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

³⁴So the crowd answered him , We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever . How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up ? Who is this Son of Man ?

³⁵So Jesus said to them , The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light , lest darkness overtake you . The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going .

³⁶While you have the light , believe in the light , that you may become sons of light . When Jesus had said these things , he departed and hid himself from them .

³⁷Though he had done so many signs before them , they still did not believe in him ,

³⁸so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled : Lord , who has believed what he heard from us , and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed ?

³⁹Therefore they could not believe . For again Isaiah said ,

⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart , lest they see with their eyes , and understand with their heart , and turn , and I would heal them .

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him .

⁴²Nevertheless , many even of the authorities believed in him , but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue ;

⁴³for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God .

⁴⁴And Jesus cried out and said , Whoever believes in me , believes not in me but in him who sent me .

⁴⁵And whoever sees me sees him who sent me .

⁴⁶I have come into the world as light , so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness .

⁴⁷If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him ; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world .

⁴⁸The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge ; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day .

⁴⁹For I have not spoken on my own authority , but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment — what to say and what to speak .

⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is eternal life . What I say , therefore , I say as the Father has told me .