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The Anointing at Bethany

¹ Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany^(C1) where Lazarus^(F1) was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.^{(C2) 2} So^(C1) they gave a dinner for him there; Martha^(C2) was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. ³ Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair.^(C1) So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

⁴ Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot^(C1) (who was about to betray him), said, ⁵ “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii^(F1)(C1) and given to the poor?” ⁶ He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.^(C1) He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

⁷ Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.⁸ For you always have the poor with you,

The Decision to Kill Lazarus

⁹ Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.^{(C1) 10} But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, ¹¹ because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them^(F1) and believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

¹² The^(C1) next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ they took palm branches^(C1) and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:

¹⁴ Jesus found a young donkey^(C1) and sat on it, just as it is written:

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him^(C1) and that they had done these things to him.

¹⁷ Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb^(C1) and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.^{(F1) 18} This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign. ¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!” ^(C1)

Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion

²⁰ Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. ²¹ So they came to Philip,^(C1) who was from Bethsaida^(C2) in Galilee,^(C3) and requested of him, “Sir,^(C4) we want to see Jesus.” ²² Philip went and told Andrew;^(C1) then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

²³ Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man²⁴ Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat²⁵ The one who loves his life will lose it,²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant

²⁷ “Now my soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save me²⁸ Father, glorify your name.”

Then a voice^(C2) came from heaven: ^(C3) “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”^(C4)

²⁹ The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰ Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.³¹ Now is the judgment of this world.³² As for me, if I am lifted up³³ He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.^(C1)

³⁴ Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.^(C1) So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man

³⁵ Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer.³⁶ While you have the light,

Isaiah’s Prophecies Fulfilled

³⁷ Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him. ³⁸ This was to fulfill^(C1) the word of Isaiah^(C2) the prophet, who said:^(F1)

³⁹ This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because^(F1) he saw his glory^(C1) and spoke about him.

⁴² Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers,^(C1) but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved human praise^(C1) more than praise from God.^(C2)

A Summary of Jesus’s Mission

⁴⁴ Jesus cried out, “The one who believes in me⁴⁵ And the one who sees me sees him⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness.⁴⁷ If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep⁴⁸ The one who rejects me⁴⁹ For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father⁵⁰ I know that his command is eternal life.