John 12
1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom He raised out of the dead;
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.
2 they made, therefore, a dinner to Him there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together with Him;
So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.
3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
4 Therefore one of His disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver Him up—says,
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,
5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?
6 And he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
7 Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
8 for you always have the poor with yourselves, and you do not always have Me.”
The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
9 Therefore, a great multitude of the Jews knew that He is there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they may also see Lazarus, whom He raised out of the dead;
Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.
10 and the chief priests took counsel, that they may also kill Lazarus,
Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;
11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.
For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.
12 On the next day, a great multitude that came to the celebration, having heard that Jesus comes to Jerusalem,
The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet Him, and were crying, “Hosanna! Blessed [is] He who is coming in the Name of the LORD—the King of Israel”;
Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!
14 and Jesus having found a young donkey sat on it, according as it is written,
And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,
15 “Do not fear, daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes, sitting on a colt of a donkey.”
Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.
16 And His disciples did not know these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about Him, and these things they did to Him.
(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
17 The multitude, therefore, who are with Him, were testifying that He called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him out of the dead;
Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.
18 because of this the multitude also met Him, because they heard of His having done this sign,
And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.
19 therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, “You see that you do not gain anything, behold, the world went after Him.”
Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the celebration,
Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:
21 these then came near to Philip, who [is] from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, “Lord, we wish to see Jesus”;
They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.
22 Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.
23 And Jesus responded to them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man may be glorified;
And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.
24 truly, truly, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remains alone; and if it may die, it bears much fruit;
Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.
25 he who is cherishing his life will lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world will keep it to continuous life; (aiōnios g166)
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever. (aiōnios g166)
26 if anyone may minister to Me, let him follow Me, and where I am, there My servant will be also; and if anyone may minister to Me—the Father will honor him.
If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.
27 Now My soul has been troubled; and what will I say—Father, save Me from this hour? But because of this I came to this hour;
Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.
28 Father, glorify Your Name.” Therefore there came a voice out of Heaven, “I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it]”;
Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.
29 the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there has been thunder; others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.”
Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.
30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come because of Me, but because of you;
Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.
31 now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth;
Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.
32 and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.
33 And this He said signifying by what death He was about to die;
(This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)
34 the multitude answered Him, “We heard that the Christ remains out of the Law—throughout the age; and how do You say that it is required that the Son of Man be lifted up? Who is this—the Son of Man?” (aiōn g165)
Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? (aiōn g165)
35 Therefore Jesus said to them, “Yet a short time is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness has not known where he goes;
Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
36 while you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” Jesus spoke these things, and having gone away, He was hid from them,
In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
37 yet He, having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in Him,
But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, “LORD, who gave credence to our report? And the arm of the LORD—to whom was it revealed?”
So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?
39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,
For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,
40 “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn, and I might heal them”;
He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke of Him.
(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)
42 Still, however, out of the rulers many also believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,
However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
44 And Jesus cried and said, “He who is believing in Me, does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me;
Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.
45 and He who is beholding Me, beholds Him who sent Me;
And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.
46 I—light to the world—have come, that everyone who is believing in Me may not remain in the darkness;
I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
47 and if anyone may hear My sayings, and not believe, I do not judge him, for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.
48 He who is rejecting Me, and not receiving My sayings, has one who is judging him, the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day,
He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
49 because I did not speak from Myself, but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
