New Testament in a Year

12 ¶ Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

² There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those that sat at the table with him.

³ Then Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and 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, Simon’s son, who should betray him,

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

⁶ This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and would take from what was put therein.

⁷ Therefore Jesus said, Let her alone; against the day of my burying she has kept this;

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

⁹ A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there; and they came not only for Jesus’ sake, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

¹⁰ So the princes of the priests took counsel that they might also put Lazarus to death

¹¹ because by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus.

¹² ¶ On the next day the multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

¹³ took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried, Hosanna; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.

¹⁴ And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written,

¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy King comes, sitting on an ass’s colt.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things unto him.

¹⁷ The multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave and raised him from the dead, bore witness.

¹⁸ For this cause the multitude also met him, for they had heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

²⁰ ¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast;

²¹ the same came therefore to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Lord, we desire to see Jesus.

²² Philip came and told Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

²³ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour comes in which the Son of man shall be clarified.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.

²⁵ He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁶ If anyone serves me, let them follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; the one that serves me, will my Father honour.