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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16

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John 12

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Verses 1-8

A woman anoints Jesus with perfume

Matthew 26:6-13	Mark 14:3-9	John 12:1-8
Matthew 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,	Mark 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat,	John 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
		John 12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
Matthew 26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].	there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.	John 12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Matthew 26:8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?	Mark 14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?	John 12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], which should betray him,
Matthew 26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.	Mark 14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.	John 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

Matthew 26:10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.	Mark 14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.	John 12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
Matthew 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.	Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.	John 12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
		End John’s Account

Matthew 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.	Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
Matthew 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.	Mark 14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

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Verses 12-15

Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey

Matthew 21:1-9	Mark 11:1-10	Luke 19:28-38	John 12:12-15
Matthew 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,	Mark 11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem,	Luke 19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.	John 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,	unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,	Luke 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Matthew 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose [them], and bring [them] unto me.	Mark 11:2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring [him].	Luke 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against [you]; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring [him hither].
Matthew 21:3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.	Mark 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.	Luke 19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose [him]? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Matthew 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,			John 12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.			John 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,	Mark 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.	Luke 19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
	Mark 11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?	Luke 19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
	Mark 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.	Luke 19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
Matthew 21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set [him] thereon.	Mark 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.	Luke 19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
Matthew 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;	Mark 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way:	Luke 19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.	and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.		John 12:13 Took branches of palm trees,
Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord;	Mark 11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord:	Luke 19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;	and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
	Mark 11:10 Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord:	Luke 19:38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven,
Hosanna in the highest.	Hosanna in the highest.	and glory in the highest.

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"Commentary on John 12". "The Gospels Compared". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tgc/john-12.html. 2014.

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