John 12:1–19

Then ^aJesus six days before ^bthe passover came to ^cBethany, where ^dLazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. ²There ^ethey made him a supper; and ^fgMartha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. ³Then took ^gMary ^ha pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and ⁱanointed the feet of Jesus, and ^kwiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. ⁴Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, ^lSimon’s son, which should betray him, ⁵Why was not this ointment sold ^mfor three hundred pence, and given to the poor? ⁶This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and ⁿhad the bag, and ^obare what was put therein. ⁷Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my ^pburying hath she kept this. ⁸For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

⁹Much people of ^qthe Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, ^rwhom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰But ^sthe chief priests ^tconsulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ¹¹because ^uthat by reason of him ^xmany of ^qthe Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

¹²On the next day ^ymuch people that were come to ^bthe feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took ^zbranches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: ^aBlessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. ¹⁴And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, ¹⁵Fear not, ^bdaughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. ^16cThese things understood not his disciples at the first: but when ^dJesus was glorified, then ^eremembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. ^17fThe people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. ^18gFor this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, ^hPerceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.