John 12:1-19 ▼

1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

2 They, therefore, made Him a supper there; and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with Him.

3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, says,

5 "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?"

6 And he said this, not because he cared about the poor; but because he was a thief; and, having the money-box, he was wont to carry what was put therein .

7 Jesus, therefore, said, "Suffer her to keep it for the day of My burial;

8 for the poor ye always have with you, but Me ye have not always."

9 The great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

10 But the high priests consulted, that they might slay Lazarus also;

11 because, on his account, many of the Jews were going away, and were believing on Jesus.

12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, having heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried, "Hosanna! blessed is He Who is coming in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

14 And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it has been written,

15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming upon an ass colt."

16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him, and that they did 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 bearing testimony.

18 On this account also, the multitude met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.

19 The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, "Ye see that ye are effecting nothing! Behold, the world went away after Him!"