44 Then
Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in
the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the
one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so
that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
47 “If
anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I
did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There
is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very
words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. 49 For I
did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all
that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal
life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
12 The
next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on
his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out
to meet him, shouting,
“Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[e]
“Blessed
is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus
found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do
not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”[f]
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 these
things had been done to him.
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. 18 Many people,
because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So
the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how
the whole world has gone after him!”
Six
days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom
Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in
Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the
table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] 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.
4 But
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.[b]” 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.
7 “Leave
her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume
for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among
you,[c] but you
will not always have me.”
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. 10 So
the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on
account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
