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John 12

Mary Anoints Jesus

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 aJesus, therefore, six days before  bthe Passover, came to  cBethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

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

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 aMary then took a  1pound of very costly  bperfume 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.

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But  aJudas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to  1betray Him, *said,

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"Why was this perfume not sold for  1three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

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Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he  ahad the money box, he used to pilfer  bwhat was put into it.

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Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep  1it for  athe day of My burial.

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aFor you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

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The  alarge 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,  bwhom He raised from the dead.

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

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because  aon account of him  bmany of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

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

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

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

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

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

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So  athe  1people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

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 aFor this reason also the  1people went and met Him,  bbecause they heard that He had performed this  2sign.

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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

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Now there were some  aGreeks among those who were going up to worship at  bthe feast;

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these then came to  aPhilip, who was from  bBethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

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Philip *came and *told  aAndrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus.

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And Jesus *answered them, saying, aThe hour has come for the Son of Man to  bbe glorified.

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

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aHe who loves his  1life loses it, and he who  bhates his  1life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

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"If anyone  1serves Me, he must follow Me; and  awhere I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone  1serves Me, the Father will  bhonor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

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aNow My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ` bFather, save Me from  cthis hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

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aFather, glorify Your name." Then a  bvoice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

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So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, " aAn angel has spoken to Him."

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Jesus answered and said, aThis voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

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aNow judgment is upon this world; now  bthe ruler of this world will be cast out.

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"And I, if I  aam lifted up from the earth, will  bdraw all men to Myself."

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But He was saying this  ato indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

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The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of  athe Law that  1 bthe Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, `The  cSon of Man must be  dlifted up'? Who is this  cSon of Man?"

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So Jesus said to them, aFor a little while longer  bthe Light is among you.  cWalk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who  dwalks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

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"While you have the Light,  abelieve in the Light, so that you may become  bsons of Light."

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and  1 chid Himself from them.

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But though He had performed so many  1signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

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This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: " aLORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"

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For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

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aHE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE  bHARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND  1BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM."

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These things Isaiah said because  ahe saw His glory, and  bhe spoke of Him.

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Nevertheless  amany even of  bthe rulers believed in Him, but  cbecause of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be  1 dput out of the synagogue;

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 afor they loved the  1approval of men rather than the  1approval of God.

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And Jesus cried out and said, aHe who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

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aHe who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

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aI have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

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"If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for  aI did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

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aHe who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him;  bthe word I spoke is what will judge him at  cthe last day.

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aFor I did not speak  1on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me  bhas given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

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"I know that  aHis commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak  bjust as the Father has told Me."



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