John 11:53–12:3

⁵³Then from that day forth ^bthey took counsel together for to put him to death. ⁵⁴Jesus therefore ^cwalked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to ^dthe wilderness, into a city called ^eEphraim, and there continued with his disciples. ⁵⁵And ^fthe Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many ^gwent out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, ^hto purify themselves. ⁵⁶ⁱThen sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? ⁵⁷Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

12Then ^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.