John 12:1-26

Mary Anoints Jesus

1 ¹Jesus, therefore, six days before ²the Passover, came to ³Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 So they made Him a supper there, and ⁴Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

3 ⁵Mary then took a pound of very costly ⁶perfume 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.

4 But ⁷Judas 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 ⁸had the money box, he used to pilfer ⁹what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for ¹⁰the day of My burial.

8 "¹¹For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

9 The ¹²large 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, ¹³whom He raised from the dead.

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

11 because ¹⁴on account of him ¹⁵many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

12 On the next day ¹⁶the large crowd who had come to ¹⁷the 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, "¹⁸Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the ¹⁹King of Israel."

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

15 "²⁰FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

16 ²¹These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ²²was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

17 So ²³the 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 ²⁴For this reason also the people went and met Him, ²⁵because they heard that He had performed this sign.

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."

Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now there were some ²⁶Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ²⁷the feast;

21 these then came to ²⁸Philip, who was from ²⁹Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

22 Philip came and told ³⁰Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.

23 And Jesus answered them, saying, "³¹The hour has come for the Son of Man to ³²be glorified.

24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ³³unless * a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 "³⁴He who loves his life loses it, and he who ³⁵hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and ³⁶where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will ³⁷honor him.

Cross References

• 1. John 12:1-8: {Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:37-39}
• 2. John 11:55; John 12:20
• 3. Matthew 21:17; John 11:43
• 4. Luke 10:38
• 5. Luke 7:37; John 11:2
• 6. Mark 14:3
• 7. John 6:71
• 8. John 13:29
• 9. Luke 8:3
• 10. John 19:40
• 11. Deuteronomy 15:11; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7
• 12. Mark 12:37; John 12:12 mg
• 13. John 11:43; John 12:1, 17
• 14. John 11:45; John 12:18
• 15. John 7:31; John 11:42
• 16. John 12:12-15: {Matthew 21:4-9; Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38}
• 17. John 12:1
• 18. Psalms 118:26
• 19. John 1:49
• 20. Zechariah 9:9
• 21. Mark 9:32; John 2:22; John 14:26
• 22. John 7:39; John 12:23
• 23. John 11:42
• 24. Luke 19:37; John 12:12
• 25. John 12:11
• 26. John 7:35
• 27. John 12:1
• 28. John 1:44
• 29. Matthew 11:21
• 30. John 1:44
• 31. Matthew 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 13:1; John 17:1
• 32. John 7:39; John 12:16; John 13:32
• 33. Romans 14:9; 1 Corinthians 15:36
• 34. Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33
• 35. Luke 14:26
• 36. John 14:3; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17
• 37. 1 Samuel 2:30; Psalms 91:15; Luke 12:37

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. a Roman pound, equaling 12 oz
• [b]. Or "hand Him over"
• [c]. Equivalent to 11 months' wages
• [d]. I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial
• [e]. Lit "crowd"
• [f]. Lit "crowd"
• [g]. Or "attesting miracle"
• [h]. Lit "soul"
• [i]. Lit "soul"
• [j]. Or "is serving"
• [k]. Or "is serving"