John, Chapter 12 Vs 1-40
The Anointing at Bethany.
1* Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.b2They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.c3Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus* and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.d4Then Judas the Iscariot, one [of] his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said,5"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages* and given to the poor?"6He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.e7So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.*8You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."f
9[The] large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.g10And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,11because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.h
The Entry into Jerusalem.
12i On the next day, when the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,13they took palm branches* and went out to meet him, and cried out:
"Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
[even] the king of Israel."j
14Jesus found an ass and sat upon it, as is written:
15"Fear no more, O daughter Zion;*
see, your king comes, seated upon an ass's colt."k
16His disciples did not understand this at first, but when Jesus had been glorified they remembered that these things were written about him and that they had done this* for him.l17* So the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from death continued to testify.18This was [also] why the crowd went to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign.19So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the whole world* has gone after him."m
The Coming of Jesus' Hour.*20Now there were some Greeks* among those who had come up to worship at the feast.n21* They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."o22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.p23* Jesus answered them,q "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.24* Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat;r but if it dies, it produces much fruit.25Whoever loves his life* loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.s26Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.t
27"I am troubled* now. Yet what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour.u28Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it and will glorify it again."v29The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, "An angel has spoken to him."w30Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.x31Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world* will be driven out.y32And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."z33He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.34So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever.* Then how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"a35Jesus said to them, "The light will be among you only a little while. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where he is going.b36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light."c
Unbelief and Belief among the Jews. After he had said this, Jesus left and hid from them.37* d Although he had performed so many signs in their presence they did not believe in him,38* in order that the word which Isaiah the prophet spoke might be fulfilled:
"Lord, who has believed our preaching,
to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?"e
39For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said:
40"He blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not see with their eyes
and understand with their heart and be converted,
and I would heal them."