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Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Mary took about a pint<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> 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. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked, <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<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and the money given to the poor?” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Leave her alone,”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The poor you will always have with you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> but you will not always have Me.”</span> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Plot to Kill Lazarus<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus. <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Triumphal Entry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../zechariah/9.htm#9">Zechariah 9:9–13</a>; <a href ="../matthew/21.htm">Matthew 21:1–11</a>; <a href ="../mark/11.htm">Mark 11:1–11</a>; <a href ="../luke/19.htm#28">Luke 19:28–40</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: <p class="indent1stline">“Hosanna!”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent1stline">“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent1stline">“Blessed is the King of Israel!” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. <p class="indent2"> See, your King is coming, <p class="indent2"> seated on the colt of a donkey.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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!” <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Predicts His Death<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But Jesus replied, <span class="red">“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. <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; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.</span> <A name="28"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Father, glorify Your name!” <p class="reg"> Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him. <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>In response, Jesus said, <span class="red">“This voice was not for My benefit, but yours. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”</span> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. <A name="35"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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?” <A name="36"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Then Jesus told them, <span class="red">“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. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.”</span> <p class="reg"> After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them. <A name="38"></a><p class="hdg">Belief and Unbelief<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: <p class="indent1stline">“Lord, who has believed our message? <p class="indent2"> And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="40"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: <A name="41"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“He has blinded their eyes <p class="indent2"> and hardened their hearts, <p class="indent1"> so that they cannot see with their eyes, <p class="indent2"> and understand with their hearts, <p class="indent1"> and turn, <p class="indent2"> and I would heal them.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="42"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him. <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>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. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. <A name="45"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Then Jesus cried out, <span class="red">“Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.</span> <A name="48"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>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. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>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. <A name="50"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Greek <i>a litra</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, approximately 12 ounces or 340 grams<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see <a href="../matthew/20.htm#2">Matthew 20:2</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> See <a href="../deuteronomy/15.htm#11">Deuteronomy 15:11</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Hosanna</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a transliteration of the Hebrew <i>Hosia-na</i><span class="thin"> </span>, meaning <i>Save, we pray</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>Save now</i><span class="thin"> </span>, which became a shout of praise; see <a href="../psalms/118.htm#25">Psalm 118:25</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../psalms/118.htm#26">Psalm 118:26</a><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <a href="../zechariah/9.htm#9">Zechariah 9:9</a><br><span class="fnverse">38</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <a href="../isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53:1</a><br><span class="fnverse">40</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <a href="../isaiah/6.htm#10">Isaiah 6:10</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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