John 12–21

¹Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead; ²they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him; ³Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment. ⁴Therefore saith one of his disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up— ⁵‘Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?’ ⁶and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying. ⁷Jesus, therefore, said, ‘Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it, ⁸for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.’ ⁹A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead; ¹⁰and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill, ¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.

¹²On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem, ¹³took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, ‘Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord—the king of Israel;’ ¹⁴and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written, ¹⁵‘Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass’ colt.’ ¹⁶And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him. ¹⁷The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead; ¹⁸because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign, ¹⁹the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, ‘Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.’

²⁰And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast, ²¹these then came near to Philip, who is from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus;’ ²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. ²³And Jesus responded to them, saying, ‘The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified; ²⁴verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; ²⁵he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world—to life age-during shall keep it; ²⁶if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me—honour him will the Father.

²⁷‘Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say—Father, save me from this hour?—but because of this I came to this hour; ²⁸Father, glorify Thy name.’ There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, ‘I both glorified, and again I will glorify it;’ ²⁹the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, ‘A messenger hath spoken to him.’ ³⁰Jesus answered and said, ‘Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you; ³¹now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth; ³²and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.’ ³³And this he said signifying by what death he was about to die; ³⁴the multitude answered him, ‘We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain—to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this—the Son of Man?’ ³⁵Jesus, therefore, said to them, ‘Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth; ³⁶while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.’ These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them.

³⁷Yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him, ³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, ‘Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord—to whom was it revealed?’ ³⁹Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, ⁴⁰‘He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;’ ⁴¹these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

⁴²Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue, ⁴³for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

⁴⁴And Jesus cried and said, ‘He who is believing in me, doth not believe in me, but in Him who sent me; ⁴⁵and he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me; ⁴⁶I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me—in the darkness may not remain; ⁴⁷and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I—I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

⁴⁸‘He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day, ⁴⁹because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak, ⁵⁰and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.’

Chapter 13

¹And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world—to the end he loved them. ²And supper being come, the devil already having put it into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up, ³Jesus knowing that all things the Father hath given to him—into his hands, and that from God he came forth, and unto God he goeth, ⁴doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself; ⁵afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded. ⁶He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, ‘Sir, thou—dost thou wash my feet?’ ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, ‘That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;’ ⁸Peter saith to him, ‘Thou mayest not wash my feet—to the age.’ Jesus answered him, ‘If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;’ ⁹Simon Peter saith to him, ‘Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.’ ¹⁰Jesus saith to him, ‘He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;’ ¹¹for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, ‘Ye are not all clean.’ ¹²When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, ‘Do ye know what I have done to you? ¹³ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; ¹⁴if then I did wash your feet—the Lord and the Teacher—ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

¹⁵‘For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do; ¹⁶verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him; ¹⁷if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them.

¹⁸Not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel. ¹⁹‘From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am he; ²⁰verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.’ ²¹These things having said, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and did testify, and said, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up;’ ²²the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh. ²³And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving; ²⁴Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh, ²⁵and that one having leant back on the breast of Jesus, respondeth to him, ‘Sir, who is it?’ ²⁶Jesus answereth, ‘That one it is to whom I, having dipped the morsel, shall give it;’ and having dipped the morsel, he giveth it to Judas of Simon, Iscariot. ²⁷And after the morsel, then the Adversary entered into that one, Jesus, therefore, saith to him, ‘What thou dost—do quickly;’ ²⁸and none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him, ²⁹for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, ‘Buy what we have need of for the feast;’ or that he may give something to the poor; ³⁰having received, therefore, the morsel, that one immediately went forth, and it was night.

³¹When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, ‘Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him; ³²if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

³³‘Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews—Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to…