John 12 - LSB Bible Online

John 12

Mary Anoints Jesus with Costly Perfume

^aJesus, therefore, six days before ^bthe Passover, came to ^cBethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they made Him a supper there, and ^aMartha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 3 ^aMary then took a ¹litra of ^bperfume of very costly pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But ^aJudas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was going to ¹betray Him, *said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for ¹three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^ahad the money box, he used to take from ^bwhat was put into it. 7 Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for ^athe day of My burial. 8 ^aFor you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
9 Then the ^alarge crowd from the Jews learned that He was there. And they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ^bwhom He raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; 11 because ^aon account of him ^bmany of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

12 On the next day ^athe large crowd who had come to ^bthe feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “^aHosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the ¹Lord, even the ^bKing of Israel.” 14 And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, 15 “^aFear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” 16 ^aThese things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^bwas glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him, and that they had done these things to Him. 17 So ^athe crowd, who was with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to bear witness about Him. 18 ^aFor this reason also the crowd went and met Him, ^bbecause they heard that He had done this ¹sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing; look, the world has gone after Him.”

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now there were some ^aGreeks among those who were going up to worship at ^bthe feast; 21 these then came to ^aPhilip, who was from ^bBethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip *came and *told ^aAndrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. 23 And Jesus *answered them, saying, “^aThe hour has come for the Son of Man to ^bbe glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^aunless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 ^aHe who loves his ¹life loses it, and he who ^bhates his ¹life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26 If anyone ¹serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^awhere I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ¹serves Me, the Father will ^bhonor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 “^aNow ^bMy soul has become dismayed; and what shall I say, ‘^cFather, ^dsave Me from ^ethis hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 ^aFather, glorify Your name.” Then a ^bvoice came from heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^aAn angel has spoken to Him.” 30 Jesus answered and said, “^aThis voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake. 31 ^aNow judgment is upon this world; now ^bthe ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I ^aam lifted up from the earth, will ^bdraw all men to Myself.” 33 But He was saying this ^ato indicate the kind of death by which He was about to die. 34 The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^athe Law that ^bthe ¹Christ is to remain forever; and how do You say, ‘The ^cSon of Man must be ^dlifted up’? Who is this ^cSon of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “^aFor a little while longer ^bthe Light is among you. ^cWalk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who ^dwalks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36 While you have the Light, ^abelieve in the Light, so that you may become ^bsons of Light.”
These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ¹^chid Himself from them. 37 But though He had done so many ¹signs before them, they still were not believing in Him, 38 so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “¹^aLord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the ¹Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 “^aHe has blinded their eyes and He ^bhardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and return and I heal them.” 41 These things Isaiah said because ^ahe saw His glory, and ^bhe spoke about Him. 42 Nevertheless ^amany even of ^bthe rulers believed in Him, but ^cbecause of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, ¹for fear that they would be ^dput out of the synagogue; 43 ^afor they loved the glory of men rather than the glory of God.
44 And Jesus cried out and said, “^aHe who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 ^aAnd he who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. 46 ^aI have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^aI did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 ^aHe who rejects Me and does not receive My words, has one who judges him; ^bthe word I spoke is what will judge him on ^cthe last day. 49 ^aFor I did not speak from Myself, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^bhas given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that ^aHis commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^bjust as the Father has told Me.”

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