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Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.</p> <p class="title">The Triumphal Entry</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, “<b><i>Hosanna!</i></b> <b><i>Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!</i></b> Blessed is the king of Israel!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“<b><i>Do not be afraid, people of Zion;</i></b> <i><b>look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey</b>’<b>s colt!</b></i>” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”</p> <p class="title">Seekers</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. <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 all people to myself.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then the crowd responded, “We have heard from the law that <i>the Christ</i> <i>will remain forever</i>. How can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jesus replied, “The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. <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.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.</p> <p class="title">The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, “<b><i>Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord</i></b> <b><i>been revealed?</i></b>” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,</p> <p class="otpoetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“<b><i>He has blinded their eyes</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><b><i>and hardened their heart,</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyes</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><b><i>and understand with their heart,</i></b></p><p class="otpoetry2"><b><i>and turn to me,</i></b> <i><b>and I would heal them</b>.</i>”</p> <p class="bodyblock"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. <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.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Final Public Words</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>But Jesus shouted out, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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