CHAPTER 12
Six
days
before
the
Passover,
Jesus
came
to
Bethany,
the hometown of
Lazarus,
whom
He
had raised
from
the dead.
So
they hosted
a dinner
for Jesus
there.
Martha
served,
and
Lazarus
was
among
those
reclining at the table
with
Him.
Then
Mary
took
about a pint
of expensive
perfume,
made of pure
nard,
and she anointed
Jesus’
feet
and
wiped
them
with
her
hair.
And
the
house
was filled
with
the
fragrance
of the
perfume.
Judas did not say
this
because
he
cared
about
the
poor,
but
because
he was
a thief.
As keeper
of the
money bag,
he used to take
from what
was put into it.
“Leave her alone,”
Jesus
replied.
“She was intended
to keep
this perfume
to prepare for
the
day
of
My
burial.
Meanwhile
a large
crowd
of
Jews
learned
that
Jesus was
there.
And
they came
not
only
because of
Him,
but
also
to
see
Lazarus,
whom
He had raised
from
the dead.
The
next day
the
great
crowd
that
had come
to
the
feast
heard
that
Jesus
was coming
to
Jerusalem.
They took
palm
branches
and
went out
to
meet
Him,
shouting:
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is
He who
comes
in
the name
of the Lord!”
“ Blessed is
the
King
of Israel!”
“Do not be afraid,
O daughter
of Zion.
See,
your
King
is coming,
seated
on
the colt
of a donkey.”
At first
His
disciples
did not
understand
these things,
but
after
Jesus
was glorified
they remembered
what had been done
to Him,
and they realized that
these very things
had
also
been written
about
Him.
Meanwhile,
many people
continued to testify
that
they had been
with
Jesus
when
He called
Lazarus
from
the
tomb
and
raised
him
from
the dead.
That is also why
the
crowd
went out to meet
Him,
because
they heard that
He
had performed
this
sign.
Then
the
Pharisees
said
to
one another,
“You can see
that
this is doing you no good.
Look how
the
whole world
has gone
after
Him!”
They
came
to Philip,
who was
from
Bethsaida
in Galilee,
and
requested
of him,
“Sir,
we want
to see
Jesus.”
Truly,
truly,
I tell
you,
unless
a kernel
of wheat
falls
to
the
ground
and dies,
it
remains
only a seed;
but
if
it dies,
it bears
much
fruit.
Whoever
loves
his
life
will lose
it,
but
whoever
hates
his
life
in
this
world
will keep
it
for
eternal
life.
If
anyone
serves
Me,
he must follow
Me;
and
where
I
am,
My
servant
will be
as well.
If
anyone
serves
Me,
the
Father
will honor
him.
Now
My
soul
is troubled,
and
what
shall I say?
‘Father,
save
Me
from
this
hour’?
No,
it is for this purpose
that I have come
to
this
hour.
Father,
glorify
Your
name!”
Then
a voice
came
from
heaven:
“I have glorified it,
and
I will glorify it
again.”
The
crowd
standing there
heard it
and said that
it had
thundered.
Others
said that
an angel
had spoken
to Him.
The
crowd
replied,
“We
have heard
from
the
Law
that
the
Christ
will remain
forever.
So
how
can you
say
that
the
Son
of Man
must
be lifted up?
Who
is
this
Son
of Man?"
Then
Jesus
told
them,
“For
a little
while longer,
the
Light
will be
among
you.
Walk
while
you have
the
Light,
so that
darkness
will not overtake
you.
The one who
walks
in
the
darkness
does not
know
where
he is going.
While
you have
the
Light,
believe
in
the
Light,
so that
you may become
sons
of light.”
After Jesus
had spoken
these things,
He went away
and was hidden
from
them.
This was
to fulfill
the
word
of Isaiah
the
prophet:
“Lord,
who
has believed
our
message?
And
to whom
has the
arm
of the Lord
been revealed?”
“He has blinded
their
eyes
and
hardened
their
hearts,
so that
they cannot see
with their
eyes,
and
understand
with their
hearts,
and
turn,
and
I would heal
them.”
Nevertheless,
many
of
the
leaders
believed
in
Him;
but
because of
the
Pharisees
they did not confess Him,
for fear that
they would be
put out of the synagogue.
Then
Jesus
cried out,
“Whoever
believes
in
Me
does not
believe
in
Me alone,
but
in
the One who
sent
Me.
I
have come
into
the
world
as a light,
so that
no one
who
believes
in
Me
should remain
in
darkness.
As for
anyone who
hears
My
words
and
does not
keep them,
I
do not
judge
him.
For
I have not come
to
judge
the
world,
but
to
save
the
world.
There is
a judge
for
the one who
rejects
Me
and
does not receive
My
words:
The
word
that
I have spoken
will judge
him
on
the
last
day.
I
have not
spoken
on
My own,
but
the
Father
who sent
Me
has commanded Me
what
to say
and
how
to say it.
And
I know
that
His
command
leads to
eternal
life.
So
I
speak
exactly
what
the
Father
has told
Me
to say.”