John 12:1–26
1 aJesus, therefore, six days before bthe Passover, came to cBethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 So they made Him a supper there, and aMartha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
3 aMary then took a 1pound of very costly bperfume 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.
4 But aJudas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to 1betray Him, * said,
5 “Why was this perfume not sold for 1three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ahad the money box, he used to pilfer bwhat was put into it.
7 Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep 1it for athe day of My burial.
8 “aFor you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
9 The alarge crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, bwhom He raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
11 because aon account of him bmany of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
12 On the next day athe large crowd who had come to bthe feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “aHosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the bKing of Israel.”
14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
15 “aFear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
16 aThese things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus bwas glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.
17 So athe 1people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
18 aFor this reason also the 1people went and met Him, bbecause they heard that He had performed this 2sign.
19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”
20 Now there were some aGreeks among those who were going up to worship at bthe feast;
21 these then came to aPhilip, who was from bBethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
22 Philip * came and * told aAndrew; Andrew and Philip * came and * told Jesus.
23 And Jesus * answered them, saying, “aThe hour has come for the Son of Man to bbe glorified.
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, aunless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 “aHe who loves his 1life loses it, and he who bhates his 1life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
26 “If anyone 1serves Me, he must follow Me; and awhere I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone 1serves Me, the Father will bhonor him.