John 12:1-13 ▼

1 JESUS then before the days of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

2 Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him.

3 Then Mary taking a pound of unadulterated balm of nard, very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was preparing to betray him,

5 Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

6 Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.

8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

9 Then the whole multitude of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came not for the sake of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 Then the chief priests consulted how they might kill Lazarus also;

11 because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

12 On the morrow a great multitude who came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took branches of palm, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the king of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.