John 12
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Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom
Jesus raised from the dead.
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So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that
sat at meat with him.
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Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed
the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with
the odor of the ointment.
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But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, says,
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Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
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Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and
having the bag took away what was put therein.
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Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
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For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.
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The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came,
not for Jesus` sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised
from the dead.
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But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
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because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
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On the morrow a great multitude that 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 forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna:
Blessed [is] he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
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And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
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Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on an ass`s colt.
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These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified,
then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done
these things to him.
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The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb,
and raised him from the dead, bare witness.
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For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had
done this sign.
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The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how you prevail nothing: behold,
the world is gone after him.
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Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
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these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying,
Sir, we would see Jesus.
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Philip comes and tells Andrew: Andrew comes, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.
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And Jesus answers them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it
abides by itself alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.
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He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep
it to life eternal.
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If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant
be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
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Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But
for this cause came I to this hour.
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Father, glorify your name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I
have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
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The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered:
others said, 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 is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
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And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
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But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
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The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ
abides for ever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son
of man?
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Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while
you have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he who walks in the darkness
knows not where he goes.
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While you have the light, believe on the light, that you may become sons of light.
These things spoke Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.
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But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:
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that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, 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 cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,
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He has blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with
their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal
them.
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These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spoke of him.
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Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees
they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
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for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God.
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And Jesus cried and said, He who believes on me, believes not on me, but on him whom
sent me.
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And he who beholds me beholds him whom sent me.
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I am come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the
darkness.
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And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not
to judge the world, but to save the world.
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He who rejects me, and receives not my sayings, has one that judges him: the word
that I spoke, the same shall judge him in the last day.
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For I spoke not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he has given me a commandment,
what I should say, and what I should speak.
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And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak,
even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.