John 12
1 Six days before Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 They prepared a dinner for him there; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.
3 Then Mary took a pound of pure, very costly nard perfume, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, the one who was about to betray him, said:
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
6 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and, since he had the money bag, he took what was put into it.
7 Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so she may keep it for the day of my burial.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
9 A large crowd of Jews learned that he was there, and they came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 So the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus too,
11 because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus on his account.
12 The next day, the large crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, and the King of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; look, your king is coming, riding on a donkey’s colt.”
16 His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead kept bearing witness to it.
18 That is also why the crowd went out to meet him: they had heard that he had performed this sign.
19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, you’re getting nowhere. Look, the whole world has gone after him.”
20 There were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.
21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
23 Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
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 bears much fruit.
25 Whoever loves their life loses it, and whoever hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If anyone serves me, they must follow me; and where I am, my servant will be there too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor them.”
27 “Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But this is why I have come to this hour.
28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
29 The crowd standing there and hearing it said that it had been thunder; others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30 Jesus answered, “This voice came not for my sake, but for yours.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to myself.”
33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.
34 Then the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness will not overtake you; whoever walks in the darkness does not know where they are going.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, then went away and hid from them.
37 Although he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him.
38 This was to fulfill the word of the prophet Isaiah, who said: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the Lord’s arm been revealed?”
39 For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah also said:
40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, or turn back, and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke about him.
42 Even so, many, including some among the authorities, believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge him, so they would not be expelled from the synagogue.
43 For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.
44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not in me, but in the one who sent me.
45 And whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me may not remain in darkness.
47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge that person; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 Whoever rejects me and does not receive my words has someone to judge them: the word I have spoken will judge them on the last day.
49 For I have not spoken on my own; rather, the Father who sent me has himself given me a command about what to say and what to speak.
50 And I know that his command is eternal life. So what I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
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