Joh 12 | ISV | STEP | Mary Anoints Jesus Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

John 12

1 Mary Anoints Jesus Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, ^{▼▼Lit. was} the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.John 11:1, 43 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.Matt 26:6; Mark 14:3 3 Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.Luke 10:38-39; John 11:2

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, said, 5 “Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii ^{▼▼Three hundred denarii was about a year's wages for a laborer.} and the money ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks the money} given to the destitute?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.John 13:29

7 Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.”Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7

9 The Plot against LazarusWhen the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.John 11:43-44 10 So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,Luke 16:31 11 since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.John 11:18, 45

12 The King Enters Jerusalem Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40The next day the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.Matt 21:8; Mark 11:8; Luke 19:35-36 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,Ps 118:25-26

“Hosanna! ^{▼▼Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or Praise}

How blessed is the one who comes

in the name of the Lord, ^{▼▼Ps 118:25-26} the King of Israel!”

14 Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:Matt 21:7

15 “Stop being afraid, daughter ^{▼▼I.e. people} of Zion.Zech 9:9

Look, your king is coming,

sitting upon a donkey's colt!” ^{▼▼Zech 9:9}

16 At first his disciples didn't understand these things. However, when Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that people ^{▼▼Lit. they} had done these things to him.Luke 18:34; John 7:39; 14:26 17 So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify to what they had seen. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks to what they had seen} 18 This accounts for the crowd going out to meet him, for they had heard that he had performed this sign.John 12:11 19 Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!”John 11:47-48

20 Some Greeks Ask to See JesusNow some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.1Kings 8:41-42; Acts 8:27; 17:4 21 They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”John 1:44 22 Philip went and told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

23 Jesus said to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.John 13:32; 17:1 24 Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain.1Cor 15:36 25 The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.Matt 10:39; 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”John 14:3; 17:24; 1Thes 4:17

27 Jesus Speaks about His Death“Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.Matt 26:38-39; Luke 12:50; 22:53; John 13:21; 18:37 28 Father, glorify your name.”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”Matt 3:17

29 The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to him.”

30 Jesus replied, “This voice has come for your benefit, not for mine.John 11:42 31 Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. ^{▼▼Lit. Now is the judgment of this world} Now will the ruler of this world be thrown out.Matt 12:29; Luke 10:18; John 14:30; 16:11; Acts 26:18; 2Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2; 6:12 32 As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.”John 3:14; 8:28; Rom 5:18; Heb 2:9 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.John 18:32

34 Then the crowd answered him, “We have learned ^{▼▼Lit. heard} from the law that the Christ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”Ps 89:36-37; 110:4; Isa 9:7; 53:8; Ezek 37:25; Dan 2:44; Mic 4:7

35 Jesus said to them, “The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.Jer 13:16; John 1:9; 8:12; 11:10; Eph 5:8; 1John 2:11 36 As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.Luke 16:8; John 8:59; 11:54; Eph 5:8; 1Thes 5:5; 1John 2:9-11

37 The Unbelief of the JewsAlthough he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him, 38 so that the word that the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said:Isa 53:1; Rom 10:16

“Lord, who has believed our message,

and to whom has the arm ^{▼▼I.e. power} of the Lord been revealed?” ^{▼▼Isa 53:1}

39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah also said,

40 “He has blinded their eyesIsa 6:9-10; Matt 13:14

and hardened their heart,

so that they might not perceive with their eyes,

and understand with their heart and turn,

and I would heal them.” ^{▼▼Isa 6:9-10}

41 Isaiah said this when ^{▼▼Other mss. read because} he saw his glory and spoke about him.Isa 6:1 42 Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it for fear that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.John 7:13; 9:22 43 For they loved the praise of people more than the praise of God.John 5:44

44 Judgment by Jesus’ WordThen Jesus said loudly, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me but in the one who sent me.Mark 9:37; 1Pet 1:21 45 The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.John 14:9 46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness.John 3:19; 8:12; 12:35-36 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save it. ^{▼▼Lit. save the world}John 3:17; 5:45 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.Deut 18:19; Mark 16:16; Luke 10:16 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and how to speak.Deut 18:18; John 8:38; 14:10 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”