John 12:4-14

4 But ¹Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,

5 "Why * was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ²had the money box, he used to pilfer ³what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for ⁴the day of My burial.

8 "⁵For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

9 The ⁶large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ⁷whom He raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

11 because ⁸on account of him ⁹many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

12 On the next day ¹⁰the large crowd who had come to ¹¹the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "¹²Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the ¹³King of Israel."

14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

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Cross References 13

1. John 6:71
2. John 13:29
3. Luke 8:3
4. John 19:40
5. Deuteronomy 15:11; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7
6. Mark 12:37; John 12:12 mg
7. John 11:43; John 12:1, 17
8. John 11:45; John 12:18
9. John 7:31; John 11:42
10. John 12:12-15: {Matthew 21:4-9; Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38}
11. John 12:1
12. Psalms 118:26
13. John 1:49

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[a]. Or "hand Him over"
[b]. Equivalent to 11 months' wages
[c]. I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial

John 12:4-14

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Jesus Enters Jerusalem

Cross References 13

Footnotes 3