John 12:1–19

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!”