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Martha<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> (who was about to betray him), said, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and given to the poor? ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="redletter">“Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For you always have the poor with you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but you do not always have me.”</span></p><h3 class="head1">The Decision to Kill Lazarus</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and believing in Jesus.</p><h3 class="head1">The Triumphal Entry</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>they took palm branches<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture">“<span class="otquote"><span class="italic">Hosanna!</span></span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.13.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.13.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> — the King of Israel! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.13.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jesus found a young donkey<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and sat on it, just as it is written:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="otquote">Do not be afraid,</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">sitting on a donkey’s colt.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and that they had done these things to him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So they came to Philip,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who was from Bethsaida<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in Galilee,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.21.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> and requested of him, “Sir,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.21.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> we want to see Jesus.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Philip went and told Andrew;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus replied to them, <span class="redletter">“The hour has come for the Son of Man<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to be glorified. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The one who loves his life will lose it,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and the one who hates<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.25.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> his life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.25.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> in this world will keep it for eternal life. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> also will be.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> If anyone serves me, the Father will honor<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.26.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> him.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say — Father, save me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Father, glorify your name.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.28.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture">Then a voice<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> came from heaven:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.28.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.28.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus responded, <span class="redletter">“This voice came, not for me, but for you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Now is the judgment of this world.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Now the ruler of this world<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> will be cast out.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.31.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>As for me, if I am lifted up<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.32.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> So how can you say, <span class="redletter">‘The Son of Man<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> must be lifted up’</span>? Who is this Son of Man? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="redletter">“The light will be with you only a little longer.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Walk while you have the light<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> so that darkness doesn’t overtake you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.35.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.35.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>While you have the light,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> believe in the light so that you may become children of light.”</span> Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.36.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Isaiah’s Prophecies Fulfilled</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>This was to fulfill<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the word of Isaiah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.38.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> the prophet, who said:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.38.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">Lord, who has believed our message?</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">And to whom has the arm</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.38.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span class="otquote">of the Lord been revealed?</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.38.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.38.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:</p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="otquote">He has blinded</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span class="otquote">their eyes</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">and hardened their hearts,</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.40.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">so that they would not see with their eyes</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">or understand with their hearts,</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">and turn,</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.40.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="otquote">and I would heal them.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.40.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.40.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Isaiah said these things because<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.41.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> he saw his glory<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.41.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and spoke about him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>For they loved human praise<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> more than praise from God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.43.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">A Summary of Jesus’s Mission</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Jesus cried out, <span class="redletter">“The one who believes in me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> believes not in me, but in him who sent me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And the one who sees me sees him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.45.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who sent me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.47.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.47.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> but to save the world.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.47.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>The one who rejects me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.48.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.12.48.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.48.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.49.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.12.50" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>I know that his command is eternal life.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.12.50.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><br /><section id="footnotes-John.12" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.John.12.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.1">12:1</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Lazarus who died</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.5">12:5</a></span> A denarius = one day’s wage</aside><aside id="fn.John.12.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.11">12:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">going away</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.17">12:17</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Meanwhile the crowd, which had been with him, continued to testify that he had called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead.</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.28.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.28">12:28</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">your Son</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.32.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.32">12:32</a></span> Or <span class="italic">exalted</span>, also in v. 34</aside><aside id="fn.John.12.38.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">which he said</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.41.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.41">12:41</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">when</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.12.48.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.48">12:48</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">has the one judging him</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-John.12" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.John.12.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.1">12:1</a></span> Mk 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.1">12:1</a></span> Jn 11:43–44</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.2">12:2-8</a></span> Mt 26:6–13; Mk 14:3–9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.2">12:2</a></span> Jn 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.3">12:3</a></span> Mk 14:3; Jn 11:2</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.4">12:4</a></span> Mt 26:14; Mk 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.5">12:5</a></span> Mt 18:28</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.6">12:6</a></span> Jn 10:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.7">12:7</a></span> Jn 19:40</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.8">12:8</a></span> Dt 15:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.9">12:9</a></span> Jn 21:14</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.12">12:12-19</a></span> Mt 21:1–11; Mk 11:1–11; Lk 19:28–44</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.13">12:13</a></span> Lv 23:40; Rv 7:9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.13">12:13</a></span> Lk 1:42</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.13.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.13">12:13</a></span> Ps 118:25–26</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.13.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.13">12:13</a></span> Ps 118:25–26</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.13.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.13">12:13</a></span> Jn 1:49</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.14">12:14</a></span> Lk 13:15</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.15">12:15</a></span> Jn 6:20</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.15">12:15</a></span> Zch 9:9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.15">12:15</a></span> Zch 9:9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.16">12:16</a></span> Jn 2:22; 14:26</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.17">12:17</a></span> Jn 5:28</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.19">12:19</a></span> Mk 15:6–15; Lk 19:39–44; Jn 11:47–48; 12:36–43; 19:15</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.21">12:21</a></span> Mk 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.21">12:21</a></span> Mt 11:21; Mk 6:45; 8:22; Lk 9:10; 10:13; Jn 1:44</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.21.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.21">12:21</a></span> Mt 17:22</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.21.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.21">12:21</a></span> Col 3:22</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.22">12:22</a></span> Jn 6:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.23">12:23</a></span> Mk 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.24">12:24</a></span> Lk 16:7</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.24.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.24">12:24</a></span> 1Co 15:36</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.25">12:25</a></span> Jn 10:28</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.25.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.25">12:25</a></span> Lk 6:27; 19:14</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.25.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.25">12:25</a></span> Mt 10:39</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.26">12:26</a></span> 1Co 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.26">12:26</a></span> Jn 14:3; 17:24; 2Co 5:8; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.26.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.26">12:26</a></span> 1Tm 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.27">12:27</a></span> Ps 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.28">12:28</a></span> Jn 10:25; Ac 15:14; Rv 14:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.28">12:28</a></span> Jn 5:37</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.28.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.28">12:28</a></span> Rv 14:13</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.28.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.28">12:28</a></span> Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.30">12:30</a></span> Jn 11:42</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.31">12:31</a></span> Lk 4:6</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.31">12:31</a></span> Jn 3:16; 14:30; 16:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.31.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.31">12:31</a></span> Col 2:15; 1Jn 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.32">12:32</a></span> Jn 11:51</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.33">12:33</a></span> Jn 18:32</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.34">12:34</a></span> Ps 89:36; Jn 15:4; 1Jn 2:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.34">12:34</a></span> Mk 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.35">12:35</a></span> Ps 118:27; Jn 7:33; 9:4</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.35">12:35</a></span> Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Jn 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.35.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.35">12:35</a></span> Php 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.35.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.35">12:35</a></span> Jn 7:28; 8:14; 1Jn 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.36">12:36</a></span> Jn 7:33; 1Th 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.36.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.36">12:36</a></span> Lk 4:30</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Mt 1:22</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.38.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.38.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Ex 15:16</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.38.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Is 53:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.38.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.38">12:38</a></span> Is 53:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.40">12:40</a></span> Jn 8:59</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.40.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.40">12:40</a></span> Heb 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.40.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.40">12:40</a></span> Is 56:3,6; Mt 18:3; 23:15; Ac 15:3; 28:27; Rm 16:5; 1Tm 3:6</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.40.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.40">12:40</a></span> Is 6:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.40.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.40">12:40</a></span> Is 6:10; 1Pt 2:24</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.41.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.41">12:41</a></span> Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.42">12:42</a></span> Lk 8:41</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.43">12:43</a></span> Php 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.43.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.43">12:43</a></span> Lk 9:32; 2Co 3:18; 1Th 2:4; 2Pt 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.44">12:44</a></span> Jn 6:35</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.45.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.45">12:45</a></span> Jn 14:9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.47.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.47">12:47</a></span> Lk 11:28; 2Tm 1:14; 2Pt 3:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.47.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.47">12:47</a></span> Lk 6:37; Jn 3:18; 8:15; Rv 6:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.47.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.47">12:47</a></span> Jn 3:17; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.48.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.48">12:48</a></span> Lk 10:16</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.48.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.48">12:48</a></span> Jn 2:4; 6:39; 1Pt 1:5; 3:3; 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.49.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.49">12:49</a></span> Mt 11:27</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.12.50">12:50</a></span> Jn 5:26; 12:25; Ac 13:48; 1Jn 2:25</aside><aside id="xrf.John.12.50.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a 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