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¹ And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.² And they made a supper for him there: and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of the guests with him.³ And Mary took an alabaster box of perfume of choice spikenard, of great price; and anointed the feet of Jesus; and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the perfume.⁴ Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was about to betray him:⁵ Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?⁶ And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.⁷ But Jesus said: Let her alone; she hath kept it for the day of my burial.⁸ For the poor are always with you, but I am not with you always.⁹ And great multitudes of the Jews heard that he was there: and they came, not only on account of Jesus, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead.¹⁰ And the chief priests deliberated about killing even Lazarus:¹¹ because many of the Jews, on his account, went and believed in Jesus.

¹² And the next day, a great multitude who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,¹³ took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel !¹⁴ And Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it; as it is written¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion. Behold, thy king cometh to thee; and he rideth upon a colt, the foal of an ass.¹⁶ These things understood not his disciples, at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did them to him.¹⁷ And the multitude that had been with him, testified that he had called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from the dead.¹⁸ And for this reason, great multitudes went out to meet him, as they had heard that he wrought this sign.¹⁹ But the Pharisees said, one to another: Do ye see, that ye are gaining nothing? For, lo, the whole world is going after him.

²⁰ And there were also among the people, some who had come up to worship at the feast.²¹ These came, and approached Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him: My lord, we are desirous to see Jesus.²² Philip came and told Andrew; and Andrew and Philip told Jesus.²³ And Jesus answered, and said to them: The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified.²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, That a kernel of wheat, unless it fall and die in the ground, remaineth alone; but if it die, it produceth numerous fruits.²⁵ He that loveth his life, will lose it; and he that hateth his life, in this world, will preserve it unto life everlasting.²⁶ If any one is servant to me, he will come after me; and where I am, there also will my servant be. Him that serveth me, will the Father honor.

²⁷ Behold, now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour? But for this very cause, came I to this hour.²⁸ Father, glorify thy name! And a voice was heard from heaven: I have glorified [fn] ; and I will glorify [fn] again. ²⁹ And the multitude standing by, heard [fn] ; and they said: There was thunder. But others said: An angel spoke with him. ³⁰ Jesus answered, and said to them: This voice was not for my sake, but for yours.³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world is cast out.³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.³³ And this he said, to show by what manner of death, he was to die.³⁴ The multitude said to him: We have heard from the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: [fn] how sayest thou, that the Son of man is to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? ³⁵ Jesus said to them: A short time longer, the light is with you. Walk, while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth.³⁶ While the light is with you, confide in the light; that ye may be children of the light. These things said Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.

³⁷ And although he wrought all these signs before them, they believed him not;³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said: My Lord; who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:⁴⁰ They have blinded their eyes, and darkened their hearts; that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted; and I should heal them.⁴¹ These things spake Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

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