The Anointing at Bethany^(A)

12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, ^(B)where Lazarus was ^[a]who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.

The Ascension^(A)

⁵⁰ And He led them out ^(B)as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

¹⁷ Then He left them and ^(A)went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.

The Fruitful Grain of Wheat

²⁰ Now there ^(A)were certain Greeks among those ^(B)who came up to worship at the feast.

^55 (A)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to ^(B)purify themselves.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of ^(A)Mary and her sister Martha.

The Anointing at Bethany^(A)

^3 (B)And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly ^[a]oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. ⁴ But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? ⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred ^(C)denarii and given to the poor.” And they ^(D)criticized^[b] her sharply.

⁶ But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. ^7 (E)For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^(F)but Me you do not have always. ⁸ She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

⁴⁴ And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with ^(A)graveclothes, and ^(B)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

^11 (A)And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.