The Journey Resumed

33 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which ^(A)I swore to Abraham, ^(B)Isaac, and ^(C)Jacob, saying, ‘^(D)To your ^[a]descendants I will give it.’ ² And I will send ^(E)an angel before you and ^(F)I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ³ Go up to a land ^(G)flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are ^[b](H)an obstinate people, and ^(I)I might destroy you on the way.”

⁴ When the people heard this ^[c]sad word, ^(J)they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry. ⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are ^[d](K)an obstinate people; if I ^[e]were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your ^[f]jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’” ⁶ So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry, from Mount Horeb onward.

⁷ Now Moses used to take ^(L)the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And ^(M)everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. ⁸ And it came about, whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent. ⁹ Whenever Moses entered the tent, ^(N)the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; ^(O)and ^[g]the Lord would speak with Moses. ¹⁰ When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would stand and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. ¹¹ So ^(P)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When ^[h]Moses returned to the camp, ^(Q)his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Moses Intercedes

¹² Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘^(R)Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know ^(S)whom You will send with me. ^(T)Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ ¹³ Now then, if I have found favor in Your sight in any way, please ^(U)let me know Your ways so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your sight. ^(V)Consider too, that this nation is Your people.” ¹⁴ And He said, “^(W)My presence shall go with you, and ^(X)I will give you rest.” ¹⁵ Then he said to Him, “^(Y)If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. ¹⁶ For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that ^(Z)we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are on the face of the ^[i]earth?”

¹⁷ The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; ^(AA)for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.” ^18 (AB)Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” ¹⁹ And He said, “^(AC)I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and ^(AD)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.” ²⁰ He further said, “You cannot see My face, ^(AE)for mankind shall not see Me and live!” ²¹ Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place ^[j]by Me, and ^(AF)you shall stand there on the rock; ²² and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and ^(AG)cover you with My hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but ^(AH)My face shall not be seen.”

Mary Anoints Jesus

12 ^(A)Therefore, six days before ^(B)the Passover, Jesus came to ^(C)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ² So they made Him a dinner there, and ^(D)Martha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. ^3 (E)Mary then took a ^[a]pound of very expensive ^(F)perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ⁴ But ^(G)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to ^[b]betray Him, *said, ⁵ “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred ^[c]denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” ⁶ Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^(H)kept the money box, he used to ^[d]steal from ^(I)what was put into it. ⁷ Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it ^[e]for ^(J)the day of My burial. ^8 (K)For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

⁹ The ^(L)large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but so that they might also see Lazarus, ^(M)whom He raised from the dead. ¹⁰ But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, ¹¹ because ^(N)on account of him ^(O)many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

¹² On the next day, when ^(P)the large crowd that had come to ^(Q)the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, “^(R)Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, indeed, the ^(S)King of Israel!” ¹⁴ Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: ¹⁵ “^(T)Do not fear, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” ^16 (U)These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(V)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him. ¹⁷ So ^(W)the ^[f]people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. ^18 (X)For this reason also the ^[g]people went to meet Him, ^(Y)because they heard that He had performed this ^[h]sign. ¹⁹ So the Pharisees said ^[i]to one another, “You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!”

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰ Now there were some ^(Z)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(AA)the feast; ²¹ these people then came to ^(AB)Philip, who was from ^(AC)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip *came and *told ^(AD)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³ But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(AE)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(AF)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AG)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (AH)The one who loves his ^[j]life loses it, and the one who ^(AI)hates his ^[k]life in this world will keep it ^[l]to eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone ^[m]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(AJ)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[n]serves Me, the Father will ^(AK)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷ “^(AL)Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^(AM)Father, save Me from ^(AN)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ^28 (AO)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(AP)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(AQ)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰ Jesus responded and said, “^(AR)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. ^31 (AS)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(AT)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I ^(AU)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(AV)draw all people to Myself.” ³³ Now He was saying this ^(AW)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴ The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^(AX)the Law that ^(AY)the ^[o]Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^(AZ)Son of Man must be ^(BA)lifted up’? Who is this ^(BB)Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, “^(BC)For a little while longer ^(BD)the Light is among you. ^(BE)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^(BF)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, ^(BG)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(BH)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and ^(BI)hid Himself from them. ³⁷ But though He had performed so many ^[p]signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him. ³⁸ This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be fulfilled: “^(BJ)Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” ³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ “^(BK)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(BL)hardened their heart, so that they will not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and ^[q]be converted, and so I will not heal them.” ⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because ^(BM)he saw His glory, and ^(BN)he spoke about Him. ⁴² Nevertheless ^(BO)many, even of ^(BP)the rulers, believed in Him, but ^(BQ)because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be ^(BR)excommunicated from the synagogue; ^43 (BS)for they loved the ^[r]approval of people rather than the ^[s]approval of God.

⁴⁴ Now Jesus cried out and said, “^(BT)The one who believes in Me, does not believe only in Me, but also in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵ And ^(BU)the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ^46 (BV)I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears My ^[t]teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(BW)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ^48 (BX)The one who rejects Me and does not ^[u]accept My ^[v]teachings has one who judges him: ^(BY)the word which I spoke. That will judge him on ^(BZ)the last day. ^49 (CA)For I did not speak ^[w]on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(CB)has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that ^(CC)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(CD)just as the Father has told Me.”