John 11:53–12:3

⁵³So from that day on they ^aplanned together to kill Him.

⁵⁴Therefore Jesus ^ano longer continued to walk openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called ^bEphraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵Now ^athe Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the region before the Passover ^bto purify themselves.

⁵⁶So they ^awere seeking Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That He will not come to the feast at all?”

⁵⁷Now ^athe chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

CHAPTER 12

Mary Anoints Jesus with Costly Perfume

^1aJesus, therefore, six days before ^bthe Passover, came to ^cBethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

²So they made Him a supper there, and ^aMartha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

^3aMary then took a ¹litra of ^bperfume of very costly 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.