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- John 12:1-50
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- JESUS ANOINTED AT BETHANY
- =========================
-
- John 12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany,
- where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
-
- John 12:2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served,
- while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
-
- John 12:3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive
- perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her
- hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
-
- John 12:4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to
- betray him, objected,
-
- John 12:5 "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the
- poor? It was worth a year's wages."
-
- John 12:6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but
- because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help
- himself to what was put into it.
-
- John 12:7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she
- should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
-
- John 12:8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not
- always have me."
-
- John 12:9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was
- there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom
- he had raised from the dead.
-
- John 12:10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
-
- John 12:11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to
- Jesus and putting their faith in him.
-
-
- THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
- ===================
-
- John 12:12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast
- heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
-
- John 12:13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
- "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed
- is the King of Israel!"
-
- John 12:14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is
- written,
-
- John 12:15 "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is
- coming, seated on a donkey's colt."
-
- John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only
- after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been
- written about him and that they had done these things to him.
-
- John 12:17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from
- the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.
-
- John 12:18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this
- miraculous sign, went out to meet him.
-
- John 12:19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "See, this is getting
- us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!"
-
-
- JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH
- ========================
-
- John 12:20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to
- worship at the Feast.
-
- John 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,
- with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus."
-
- John 12:22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told
- Jesus.
-
- John 12:23 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be
- glorified.
-
- John 12:24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the
- ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it
- produces many seeds.
-
- John 12:25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who
- hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
-
- John 12:26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my
- servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
-
- John 12:27 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father,
- save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to
- this hour.
-
- John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven,
- "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
-
- John 12:29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had
- thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
-
- John 12:30 Jesus said, "This voice was for your benefit, not mine.
-
- John 12:31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince
- of this world will be driven out.
-
- John 12:32 But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all
- men to myself."
-
- John 12:33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
-
- John 12:34 The crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the
- Christ will remain forever, so how can you say, 'The Son of Man must
- be lifted up'? Who is this 'Son of Man'?"
-
- John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just
- a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness
- overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is
- going.
-
- John 12:36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you
- may become sons of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left
- and hid himself from them.
-
- THE JEWS CONTINUE IN THEIR UNBELIEF
- ===================================
-
- John 12:37 Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in
- their presence, they still would not believe in him.
-
- John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord,
- who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been
- revealed?"
-
- John 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah
- says elsewhere:
-
- John 12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so
- they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their
- hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them."
-
- John 12:41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke
- about him.
-
- John 12:42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed
- in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their
- faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;
-
- John 12:43 for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
-
- John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does
- not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.
-
- John 12:45 When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me.
-
- John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who
- believes in me should stay in darkness.
-
- John 12:47 "As for the person who hears my words but does not keep
- them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but
- to save it.
-
- John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not
- accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the
- last day.
-
- John 12:49 For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who
- sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.
-
- John 12:50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever
- I say is just what the Father has told me to say."
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