John 12-13

New American Standard Bible

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. ²So 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. ⁴But ^(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?” ⁶Now 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. ⁷Therefore 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.”

⁹The ^(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. ¹⁰But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, ¹¹because ^(N)on account of him ^(O)many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

¹²On the next day, when ^(P)the large crowd that had come to ^(Q)the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³they 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!” ¹⁴Jesus, 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. ¹⁷So ^(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. ¹⁹So 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

²⁰Now there were some ^(Z)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(AA)the feast; ²¹these 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.” ²²Philip *came and *told ^(AD)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(AE)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(AF)be glorified. ²⁴Truly, 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. ²⁶If 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.” ²⁹So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(AQ)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰Jesus 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. ³²And I, if I ^(AU)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(AV)draw all people to Myself.” ³³Now He was saying this ^(AW)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴The 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?” ³⁵So 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. ³⁶While 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. ³⁷But though He had performed so many ^[p]signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him. ³⁸This 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?” ³⁹For 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.” ⁴¹These things Isaiah said because ^(BM)he saw His glory, and ^(BN)he spoke about Him. ⁴²Nevertheless ^(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.

⁴⁴Now 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. ⁴⁵And ^(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. ⁴⁷If 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. ⁵⁰And I know that ^(CC)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(CD)just as the Father has told Me.”

The Lord’s Supper

13 Now before the Feast of ^(CE)the Passover, Jesus, knowing that ^(CF)His hour had come that He would depart from this world ^(CG)to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ^[x]to the end. ²And during supper, ^(CH)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(CI)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, ³Jesus, ^(CJ)knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that ^(CK)He had come forth from God and was going back to God, ⁴*got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and ^(CL)tied it around Himself.

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

⁵Then He *poured water into the basin, and began ^(CM)washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. ⁶So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?” ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand ^(CN)later.” ⁸Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “^(CO)If I do not wash you, ^(CP)you have no ^[y]place with Me.” ⁹Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And ^(CQ)you are clean—but ^[z]not all of you.” ¹¹For ^(CR)He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²Then, when He had washed their feet, and ^(CS)taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³You call Me ^(CT)‘Teacher’ and ^(CU)‘Lord’; and ^[aa]you are correct, for so I am. ¹⁴So if I, ^(CV)the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I gave you ^(CW)an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you. ¹⁶Truly, truly I say to you, ^(CX)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^(CY)^[ab]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷If you know these things, you are ^(CZ)blessed if you do them. ¹⁸^(DA)I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have ^(DB)chosen; but this is happening ^(DC)so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘^(DD)He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ ¹⁹From now on ^(DE)I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that ^(DF)I am He. ²⁰Truly, truly I say to you, ^(DG)the one who ^[ac]receives anyone I send, ^[ad]receives Me; and the one who ^[ae]receives Me ^[af]receives Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹When Jesus had said these things, He ^(DH)became troubled in spirit, and ^[ag]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that ^(DI)one of you will ^[ah]betray Me.” ²²The disciples began looking at one another, ^(DJ)at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. ²³Lying back on ^(DK)Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, ^(DL)whom Jesus loved. ²⁴So Simon Peter *nodded to this disciple and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” ²⁵He then simply ^(DM)leaned back on Jesus’ chest and *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, ^(DN)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷After ^[ai]this, ^(DO)Satan then ^(DP)entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.” ²⁸Now none of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. ²⁹For some were assuming, since Judas ^(DQ)kept the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we need ^(DR)for the feast”; or else, that he was to ^[aj]^(DS)give something to the poor. ³⁰So after receiving the piece of bread, he left immediately; and ^(DT)it was night.

³¹Therefore when he had left, Jesus *said, “Now ^[ak]is ^(DU)the Son of Man ^(DV)glorified, and ^(DW)God ^[al]is glorified in Him; ³²^[am]if God is glorified in Him, ^(DX)God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. ³³^(DY)Little children, I am still with you ^(DZ)a little longer. ^(EA)You will look for Me; and just as I said to the ^[an]Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ ³⁴I am giving you a ^(EB)new commandment, ^(EC)that you love one another; ^(ED)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵^(EE)By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

³⁶Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “^(EF)Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but ^(EG)you will follow later.” ³⁷Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? ^(EH)I will lay down my life for You.” ³⁸Jesus *replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly I say to you, ^(EI)a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.