John 12:1-22 ▼

1 Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.

2 Therefore they made Him a supper there, and Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of them that sat down with Him.

3 And Mary taking a pound of ointment of spikenard of great value, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 Therefore said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was about to betray Him,

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

6 He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the common purse he carried what was put in to it.

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

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

9 And a great number of the Jews understanding that He was there, came not only on account of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised from the dead.

10 Wherefore the chief priests took counsel to put Lazarus also to death.

11 Because on his account many of the Jews went away from them, and believed on Jesus.

12 The next day a great multitude that were come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees,

13 and went out to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed be the king of Israel, who cometh in the name of the Lord.

14 And Jesus having gotten a young ass sat thereon,

15 as it is written, "Fear not, O daughter of Sion, behold thy king cometh sitting on an ass's colt."

16 Now his disciples did not understand these things at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written concerning Him, and that they had done thus unto Him.

17 And the people that were with Him testified, that He called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead:

18 and for this reason the people went to meet Him, because they heard that He had done this miracle.

19 The pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye not see that ye prevail nothing? Behold, all the world is gone after Him.

20 And among those that came up to worship at the feast there were certain Greeks:

21 that came to Philip who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

22 And Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.