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^(C1)Therefore, six days before ^(C2)the Passover, Jesus came to ^(C3)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

So they made Him a dinner there, and ^(C1)Martha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

^(C1)Mary then took a ^(F1)pound of very expensive ^(C2)perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But ^(C1)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to ^(F1)betray Him, ^(*)said,

"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred ^(F1)denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?"

Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^(C1)kept the money box, he used to ^(F1)steal from ^(C2)what was put into it.

Therefore Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it ^(F1)for ^(C1)the day of My burial.

"^(C1)For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

The ^(C1)large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but so that they might also see Lazarus, ^(C2)whom He raised from the dead.

But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also,

because ^(C1)on account of him ^(C2)many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

On the next day, when ^(C1)the large crowd that had come to ^(C2)the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, "^(C1)Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, indeed, the ^(C2)King of Israel!"

Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

"^(C1)DO NOT FEAR, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

^(C1)These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(C2)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him.

So ^(C1)the ^(F1)people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

^(C1)For this reason also the ^(F1)people went to meet Him, ^(C2)because they heard that He had performed this ^(F2)sign.

So the Pharisees said ^(F1)to one another, "You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!"

Now there were some ^(C1)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(C2)the feast;

these people then came to ^(C1)Philip, who was from ^(C2)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

Philip ^(*)came and ^(*)told ^(C1)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip ^(*)came and ^(*)told Jesus.

But Jesus ^(*)answered them by saying, "^(C1)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(C2)be glorified.

"Truly, truly I say to you, ^(C1)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

"^(C1)The one who loves his ^(F1)life loses it, and the one who ^(C2)hates his ^(F1)life in this world will keep it ^(F2)to eternal life.

"If anyone ^(F1)serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(C1)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^(F1)serves Me, the Father will ^(C2)honor him.