RKJNT - John - 12

12:1  Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

12:2  There they made him a supper; and Martha served: and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

12:3  Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

12:4  Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who would later betray him, said,

12:5  Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

12:6  He said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the money box, and stole what was put in it.

12:7  Then Jesus said, Let her alone: she has kept it for the day of my burial.

12:8  For the poor you have with you always; but me you do not always have.

12:9  Now a large multitude of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came not only because of Jesus, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

12:10  But the chief priests discussed how they might put Lazarus to death also;

12:11  Because on account of him many of the Jews went away, and believed in Jesus.

12:12  On the next day many people who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

12:13  Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.

12:14  And Jesus, when he had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

12:15  Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.

12:16  These things his disciples did not understand at first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.

12:17  Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, kept bearing witness.

12:18  For this cause also the people went out to meet him, because they heard that he had done this miraculous sign.

12:19  Therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, You see, you have accomplished nothing: behold, the world has gone after him.

12:20  And there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast:

12:21  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and said to him, Sir, we want to see Jesus.

12:22  Philip came and told Andrew: then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

12:23  And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.

12:24  Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.

12:25  He who loves his life shall lose it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it for life eternal.

12:26  If any man serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if any man serves me, the Father will honour him.

12:27  Now is my soul troubled; and shall I say, Father, save me from this hour? but it is for this reason that I came to this hour.

12:28  Father, glorify your name. Then there came a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

12:29  The crowd that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.

12:30  Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for me, but for your sakes.

12:31  Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

12:32  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.

12:33  This he said, to signify what sort of death he should die.

12:34  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever: and how is it that you say, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

12:35  Then Jesus said to them, Yet for a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you: for he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes.

12:36  While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be sons of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and hid himself from them.

12:37  But though he had done so many miraculous signs before them, yet they did not believe in him:

12:38  That the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

12:39  Therefore they could not believe, because as Isaiah also said,

12:40  He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, and turn to me, that I should heal them.

12:41  These things Isaiah said because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

12:42  Nevertheless, even among the chief rulers, many believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

12:43  For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

12:44  Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

12:45  And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

12:46  I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness.

12:47  And if any man 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.

12:48  He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has one who judges him: the word that I have spoken, that shall judge him on the last day.

12:49  For I have not spoken of my own accord; but the Father who sent me, he commanded what I should say, and what I should speak.

12:50  And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore, whatever I speak, I speak as the Father has bidden me.