12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he¹ had raised from the dead. 12:2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus² there. Martha³ was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table⁴ with him. 12:3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound⁵ of perfumed oil made of pure nard⁶ and anointed the feet of Jesus. She⁷ then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)⁸ 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him)⁹ said, 12:5 “Why wasn’t this perfumed oil sold for three hundred silver coins¹⁰ and the money¹¹ given to the poor?” 12:6 (Now Judas¹² said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box,¹³ he used to steal what was put into it.)¹⁴ 12:7 So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.¹⁵ 12:8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

12:9 Now the large crowd of Jewish people from Jerusalem¹⁶ learned¹⁷ that Jesus¹⁸ was there, and so they came not only because of him¹⁹ but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. 12:10 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,²⁰ 12:11 for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem²¹ were going away and believing in Jesus.

12:12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 12:13 So they took branches of palm trees²² and went out to meet him. They began to shout,²³ “Hosanna!²⁴ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!²⁵ Blessed is²⁶ the King of Israel!” 12:14 Jesus found a young donkey²⁷ and sat on it, just as it is written, 12:15 “Do not be afraid, people of Jerusalem;²⁸ look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!”²⁹ 12:16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened,³⁰ but when Jesus was glorified,³¹ then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened³² to him.)³³

12:17 So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.³⁴ 12:18 Because they had heard that Jesus³⁵ had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him. 12:19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”

12:20 Now some Greeks³⁶ were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast. 12:21 So these approached Philip,³⁷ who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,³⁸ “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” 12:22 Philip went and told Andrew, and they both³⁹ went and told Jesus. 12:23 Jesus replied,⁴⁰ “The time⁴¹ has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.⁴² 12:24 I tell you the solemn truth,⁴³ unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone.⁴⁴ But if it dies, it produces⁴⁵ much grain.⁴⁶ 12:25 The one who loves his life⁴⁷ destroys⁴⁸ it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards⁴⁹ it for eternal life. 12:26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow⁵⁰ me, and where I am, my servant will be too.⁵¹ If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me⁵² from this hour’?⁵³ No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.⁵⁴ 12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,⁵⁵ “I have glorified it,⁵⁶ and I will glorify it⁵⁷ again.” 12:29 The crowd that stood there and heard the voice⁵⁸ said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.⁵⁹ 12:30 Jesus said,⁶⁰ “This voice has not come for my benefit⁶¹ but for yours. 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world⁶² will be driven out.⁶³ 12:32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 12:33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)⁶⁴

12:34 Then the crowd responded,⁶⁵ “We have heard from the law that the Christ⁶⁶ will remain forever.⁶⁷ How⁶⁸ can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?” 12:35 Jesus replied,⁶⁹ “The light is with you for a little while longer.⁷⁰ Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.⁷¹ The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.”⁷² When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

12:37 Although Jesus⁷³ had performed⁷⁴ so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, 12:38 so that the word⁷⁵ of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said,⁷⁶ “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord⁷⁷ been revealed?”⁷⁸ 12:39 For this reason they could not believe,⁷⁹ because again Isaiah said,

12:40 “He has blinded their eyes
and closed their mind,⁸⁰
so that they cannot see with their eyes
and understand with their mind,⁸¹
and turn to me,⁸² and I would heal them.”⁸³

12:41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s⁸⁴ glory, and spoke about him.

12:42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers⁸⁵ many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ,⁸⁶ so that they would not be put out of⁸⁷ the synagogue.⁸⁸ 12:43 For they loved praise⁸⁹ from men more than praise⁹⁰ from God.

12:44 But Jesus shouted out,⁹¹ “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,⁹² 12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.⁹³ 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 12:47 If anyone⁹⁴ hears my words and does not obey them,⁹⁵ I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.⁹⁶ 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept⁹⁷ my words has a judge;⁹⁸ the word⁹⁹ I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority,¹⁰⁰ but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me¹⁰¹ what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life.¹⁰² Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”¹⁰³