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¹ Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.² So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those that sat to eat with him.³ Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, says,⁵ Why wasn't this ointment sold for $30,000, and given to the poor?⁶ Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.⁷ Jesus therefore said, Allow her to keep it against the day of my burying.⁸ For the poor you always have with you; but me you do not always have.⁹ The 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 took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;¹¹ because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

¹² On the next day the great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,¹³ took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed [is] he that comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.¹⁴ And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat thereon; as it is written,¹⁵ Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion: look, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.¹⁶ These things his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of 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, bore witness.¹⁸ For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done this sign.¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Look at how you prevail nothing: look, the world has gone after him.

²⁰ Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:²¹ these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we want to see Jesus.²² Philip comes and tells Andrew: Andrew comes, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.²³ And Jesus answers them, saying, The hour has come, that the Son of man should be glorified.²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it abides by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.²⁵ He that loves his life loses it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to eternal life.²⁶ If any man serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serves me, the Father will honor him.

²⁷ Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came to this hour.²⁸ Father, glorify your name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.²⁹ The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel has spoken to him.³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes.³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.³² And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.³³ But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.³⁴ The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever: and 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 is the light among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you: and he that walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.³⁶ While you have the light, believe on the light, that you may become sons of light. These things Jesus spoke, and he departed and hid himself from them.

³⁷ But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe on him:³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"³⁹ For this cause they could not 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 should turn, And I should heal them."⁴¹ Isaiah said these things, because he saw his glory; and he spoke of him.

⁴² Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:⁴³ for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, does not believe on me, but on him that sent me.⁴⁵ And he that looks at me looks at him that sent me.⁴⁶ I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness.⁴⁷ And if any man hears my sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him: for I didn't come to judge the world, but to save the world.⁴⁸ He that rejects me, and does not receive my sayings, has one that judges him: the word that I spoke, the same shall judge him in the last day.⁴⁹ For I did not speak from myself; but the Father that sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.⁵⁰ And 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.