THE
BOOK OF JOHN
John Chapter 12
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¶ Then six days before the passover
Jesus arrived in
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There they prepared a dinner for him; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of
those who sat at the table with Jesus.
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Then Mary took a pint of pure nard, a very expensive scent, and anointed the
feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with
the fragrance of the liquid.
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But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who was going to
betray him, said,
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Why wasn’t this valuable fragrance sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
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He did not say that because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief,
and had the bag, and would take what was put into it.
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Then Jesus said, Leave her alone: for she has kept this for my burial.
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For you always have the poor with you; but you will not always have me with
you.
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Meanwhile a large crowd of the Jews heard that he was there: and came not only
on account of Jesus, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom Jesus had
raised from the dead.
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So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well;
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Because many of the Jews were going over to Jesus on account of him, and
believing in Jesus.
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¶ On the next day many people who had come to the
feast, upon hearing that Jesus was coming to
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Took palm branches, and went out to meet him, and shouted, Hosanna: Blessed is
the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.
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And Jesus having found a young donkey, rode on it; just
as it is written,
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Fear not, daughter of
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His disciples did not understand all this at first: but after Jesus was
glorified, they remembered that this was written about him, and that
they had done these things to him.
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Now the people who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave,
and raised him from the dead, continued to spread the word.
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Therefore many people also went out to meet Jesus, because they heard that he
had performed that miracle.
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As a result the Pharisees were saying to each other, Do
you realize that we have not accomplished anything? look,
the whole world is running after him.
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¶ Now there were some Greeks among those who went up
to worship at the feast:
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And they came to Philip, who was from
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Philip went and told Andrew: and Andrew and Philip together told Jesus.
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And Jesus responded by saying, The hour has come, for
the Son of man to be glorified.
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Truly, truly, I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat
falls into the ground and dies, it remains one grain: but if it dies, it
produces many seeds.
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He who loves his life will lose it; and he who hates his life in this world
will keep it unto eternal life.
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Whoever wants to serve me, must follow me; and where I
am, my servant will also be: if anyone serves me, my Father will honor
him.
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¶ At present I am deeply distressed; but should I
pray, Father, save me from this hour? No, for this hour is the reason I came.
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Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, I have
glorified it, and will glorify it again.
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The crowd that was there, heard it, and said that it thundered: but
others said, An angel spoke to him.
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Jesus responded by saying, That voice did not come for
my benefit, but for your benefit.
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Now is the judgment of this world: now the prince of this world will be cast
out.
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And if I am lifted up from the earth, I
will draw all men to me.
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But he said this, to indicate the manner in which he would die.
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Then the crowd answered, We have heard from the law
that Christ will remain forever: how then can you say, The Son of man must be
lifted up? who is this Son of man?
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Then Jesus said to them, The light will only be with
you a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness
overtakes you: for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
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While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of
light. After saying these things, Jesus left, and hid himself from them.
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¶ Yet even though he had done so many miracles in
their presence, they did not believe in him:
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which say, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of
the Lord been revealed?
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And they could not believe, because as Isaiah said elsewhere,
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He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see
with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, and repent and
turn to me, that I should heal them.
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Isaiah said these things, because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke of him.
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¶ Nevertheless many even among the leading officials believed in him; but they
did not confess him openly because of the Pharisees, for fear
that they would be put out of the synagogue:
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For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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¶ Then Jesus cried out saying, He who believes in me, is not
believing only in me, but in him who sent me.
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And he who sees me sees him who sent me.
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I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me will
remain in darkness.
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And if anyone hears my words, and does not believe, I do not judge him: for I
did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
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He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has one who judges him: the
word that I have spoken, will judge him on the last day.
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For I have not spoken on my own; but the Father who sent me, gave me orders, as
to what I should say, and what I should speak.
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And I know that his commandment is everlasting life: therefore whatever I say, is exactly what my Father has told me to say.