John 12

Mary Anoints Christ

Matt. 26:6–12; Mark 14:3–9

12Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, ^awhere Lazarus was ¹who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. ^2bThere they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. ³Then ^cMary took a pound of very costly oil of ^dspikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

⁴But one of His disciples, ^eJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, ⁵“Why was this fragrant oil not sold for ²three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” ⁶This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and ^fhad the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

⁷But Jesus said, “Let her alone; ³she has kept this for the day of My burial. ⁸For ^gthe poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

⁹Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ^hwhom He had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ⁱBut the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, ^11jbecause on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

Matt. 21:1–9; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–38

^12kThe next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:

“Hosanna!

^l‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’

The King of Israel!”

^14mThen Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

¹⁵“Fear ⁿnot, daughter of Zion;

Behold, your King is coming,

Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

^16oHis disciples did not understand these things at first; ^pbut when Jesus was glorified, ^qthen they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

¹⁷Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. ^18rFor this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, ^s“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

²⁰Now there ^twere certain Greeks among those ^uwho came up to worship at the feast. ²¹Then they came to Philip, ^vwho was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

²²Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

The Messiah Teaches

²³But Jesus answered them, saying, ^w“The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. ²⁴Most assuredly, I say to you, ^xunless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much ⁴grain. ^25yHe who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶If anyone serves Me, let him ^zfollow Me; and ^awhere I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

^27b“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? ^cBut for this purpose I came to this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify Your name.”

^dThen a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

²⁹Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

³⁰Jesus answered and said, ^e“This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. ³¹Now is the judgment of this world; now ^fthe ruler of this world will be cast out. ³²And I, ^gif I am ⁵lifted up from the earth, will draw ^hall peoples to Myself.” ³³ⁱThis He said, signifying by what death He would die.

³⁴The people answered Him, ^j“We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer ^kthe light is with you. ^lWalk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; ^mhe who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ⁿsons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and ^owas hidden from them.

³⁷But although He had done so many ^psigns before them, they did not believe in Him, ³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

^q“Lord, who has believed our report?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

³⁹Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

⁴⁰“He ^rhas blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,

^sLest they should see with their eyes,

Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.”

^41tThese things Isaiah said ⁶when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

⁴²Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but ^ubecause of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; ^43vfor they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

⁴⁴Then Jesus cried out and said, ^w“He who believes in Me, ^xbelieves not in Me ^ybut in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵And ^zhe who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ^46aI have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. ⁴⁷And if anyone hears My words and does not ⁷believe, ^bI do not judge him; for ^cI did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ^48dHe who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—^ethe word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. ⁴⁹For ^fI have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, ^gwhat I should say and what I should speak. ⁵⁰And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I ^hspeak.”