[1] Therefore six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where
Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. [2] So they
made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who
sat at the table with him. [3] Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of
pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his
feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the
ointment. [4] Then Judas Iscariot, Simon`s son, one of his disciples, who
would betray him, said, [5] "Why wasn`t this ointment sold for three
hundred denarii, and given to the poor?" [6] Now he said this, not because
he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money
box, used to steal what was put into it. [7] But Jesus said, "Leave her
alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. [8] For you always have
the poor with you, but you don`t always have me." [9] A large crowd
therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for
Jesus` sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised
from the dead. [10] But the chief priests conspired to also put Lazarus to
death, [11] because on account of him many of the Jews went away and
believed in Jesus. [12] On the next day a great multitude had come to the
feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, [13] they took
the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out,
"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of
Israel!" [14] Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is
written, [15] "Don`t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes,
sitting on a donkey`s colt." [16] His disciples didn`t understand these
things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that
these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to
him. [17] The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus
out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying. [18] For
this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he
had done this sign. [19] The Pharisees therefore said among themselves,
"See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
[20] Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at
the feast. [21] These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of
Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus." [22] Philip
came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told
Jesus. [23] Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to
be glorified. [24] Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls
into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it
bears much fruit. [25] He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his
life in this world will keep it to eternal life. [26] If anyone serves me,
let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone
serves me, the Father will honor him. [27] "Now my soul is troubled. What
will I say? `Father, save me from this time?` But for this cause I came to
this time. [28] Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out
of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
[29] The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had
thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." [30] Jesus answered,
"This voice hasn`t come for my sake, but for your sakes. [31] Now is the
judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. [32]
I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." [33] But
he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die. [34] The
multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ
remains forever. How do you say, `The Son of Man must be lifted up?` Who is
this Son of Man?" [35] Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while
the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn`t
overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn`t know where he is going.
[36] While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become
sons of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself
from them. [37] But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they
didn`t believe in him, [38] that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has
the arm of the Lord been revealed?" [39] For this cause they couldn`t
believe, for Isaiah said again, [40] "He has blinded their eyes and he
hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive
with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them." [41] Isaiah said
these things when he saw his glory, and he spoke of him. [42] Nevertheless
even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they
didn`t confess it, so that they wouldn`t be put out of the synagogue, [43]
for they loved men`s approval more than God`s approval. [44] Jesus cried
out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who
sent me. [45] He who sees me sees him who sent me. [46] I have come as a
light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the
darkness. [47] If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn`t believe, I
don`t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
[48] He who rejects me, and doesn`t receive my sayings, has one who judges
him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day. [49]
For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. [50] I know that
his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even
as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
