Jun. 7, 8
John 12
Joh 12:1 Then six days
before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who
had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
Joh 12:2 So they made
him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who
sat at the table with him.
Joh 12:3 Mary,
therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The
house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
Joh 12:4 Then Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him,
said,
Joh 12:5 "Why
wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the
poor?"
Joh 12:6 Now he said
this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief,
and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
Joh 12:7 But Jesus
said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my
burial.
Joh 12:8 For you always
have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
Joh 12:9 A large crowd
therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not
for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he
had raised from the dead.
Joh 12:10 But the chief
priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
Joh 12:11 because on
account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
Joh 12:12 On the next
day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Joh 12:13 they took the
branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out,
"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the
King of Israel!"
Joh 12:14 Jesus, having
found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
Joh 12:15 "Don't
be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a
donkey's colt."
Joh 12:16 His disciples
didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was
glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about
him, and that they had done these things to him.
Joh 12:17 The multitude
therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb,
and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.
Joh 12:18 For this
cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he
had done this sign.
Joh 12:19 The Pharisees
therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish
nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
Joh 12:20 Now there
were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
Joh 12:21 These,
therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and
asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
Joh 12:22 Philip came
and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told
Jesus.
Joh 12:23 Jesus
answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be
glorified.
Joh 12:24 Most
certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth
and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much
fruit.
Joh 12:25 He who loves
his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep
it to eternal life.
Joh 12:26 If anyone
serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also
be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Joh 12:27 "Now my
soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?'
But for this cause I came to this time.
Joh 12:28 Father,
glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky,
saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
Joh 12:29 The multitude
therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered.
Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
Joh 12:30 Jesus
answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your
sakes.
Joh 12:31 Now is the
judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast
out.
Joh 12:32 And I, if I
am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
Joh 12:33 But he said
this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
Joh 12:34 The multitude
answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ
remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?'
Who is this Son of Man?"
Joh 12:35 Jesus
therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with
you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake
you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
Joh 12:36 While you
have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of
light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself
from them.
Joh 12:37 But though he
had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,
Joh 12:38 that the word
of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord,
who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been
revealed?"
Joh 12:39 For this
cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
Joh 12:40 "He has
blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see
with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I
would heal them."
Joh 12:41 Isaiah said
these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
Joh 12:42 Nevertheless
even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees
they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the
synagogue,
Joh 12:43 for they
loved men's praise more than God's praise.
Joh 12:44 Jesus cried
out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but
in him who sent me.
Joh 12:45 He who sees
me sees him who sent me.
Joh 12:46 I have come
as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain
in the darkness.
Joh 12:47 If anyone
listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I
came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Joh 12:48 He who
rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him.
The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
Joh 12:49 For I spoke
not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Joh 12:50 I know that
his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak,
even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."