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John 12, NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
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Jesus, therefore,
six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus
had raised from the dead.
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So they made Him a
supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining
at the table with Him.
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Mary then took a
pound of very costly perfume 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 Judas Iscariot,
one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
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“Why was this
perfume not sold for three 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 had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
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Therefore Jesus
said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it
for the day of My burial.
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“For you always have the poor with you, but you
do not always have Me.”
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The large 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, whom He raised from the dead.
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But the chief
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because on account
of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
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On the next day the
large crowd who had come to the 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, “Hosanna!
BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel.”
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Jesus, finding a
young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, |
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“FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER
OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT.”
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These things His
disciples did not understand at the 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.
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So the people, 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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For this reason also
the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this
sign.
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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.”
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Now there were some
Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
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these then came to
Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying,
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
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Philip came and told
Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.
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And Jesus answered
them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of
Man to be glorified.
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless 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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“He who loves his life loses it, and he who
hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
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“If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and
where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father
will honor him.
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“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall
I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to
this hour.
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“Father, glorify Your name.” Then a
voice 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, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
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Jesus answered and
said, “This voice has not come for My sake, but
for your sakes.
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“Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler
of this world will be cast out.
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“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will
draw all men to Myself.”
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But He was saying
this to 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 the Law that the Christ is to remain
forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is
this Son of Man?”
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So Jesus said to
them, “For a little while longer the Light is
among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not
overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
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“While you have the Light, believe in the Light,
so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and
He went away and hid Himself from them.
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But though He had
performed so many signs 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: “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR
REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?”
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For this reason they
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“HE HAS BLINDED
THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH
THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM.”
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These things Isaiah
said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.
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Nevertheless many
even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were
not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;
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for they loved the
approval of men rather than the approval of God.
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And Jesus cried out
and said, “He who believes in Me, does not
believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.
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“He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. |
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“I 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 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
sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at
the last day.
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“For I did not speak on My own initiative, but
the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say
and what to speak.
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“I know that His commandment is eternal life;
therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
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