^aTherefore, six days before ^bthe Passover, Jesus came to ^cBethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they made Him a dinner there, and ^aMartha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 3 ^aMary then took a ¹pound of very expensive ^bperfume 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. 4 But ^aJudas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to ¹betray Him, *said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred ¹denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” 6 Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^akept the money box, he used to ¹steal from ^bwhat was put into it. 7 Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it ¹for ^athe day of My burial. 8 ^aFor you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

9 The ^alarge crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but so that they might also see Lazarus, ^bwhom He raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because ^aon account of him ^bmany of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

12 On the next day, when ^athe large crowd that had come to ^bthe feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, “^aHosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, indeed, the ^bKing of Israel!” 14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 15 “^aDO NOT FEAR, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY’S COLT.” 16 ^aThese things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^bwas glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him. 17 So ^athe ¹people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. 18 ^aFor this reason also the ¹people went to meet Him, ^bbecause they heard that He had performed this ²sign. 19 So the Pharisees said ¹to one another, “You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!”

20 Now there were some ^aGreeks among those who were going up to worship at ^bthe feast; 21 these people then came to ^aPhilip, who was from ^bBethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip *came and *told ^aAndrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. 23 But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^aThe hour has come for the Son of Man to ^bbe glorified. 24 Truly, truly I say to you, ^aunless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 ^aThe one who loves his ¹life loses it, and the one who ^bhates his ²life in this world will keep it ³to eternal life. 26 If anyone ¹serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^awhere I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ²serves Me, the Father will ^bhonor him.

27 “^aNow My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^bFather, save Me from ^cthis hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 ^aFather, glorify Your name.” Then a ^bvoice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^aAn angel has spoken to Him!” 30 Jesus responded and said, “^aThis voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. 31 ^aNow judgment is upon this world; now ^bthe ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I ^aam lifted up from the earth, will ^bdraw all people to Myself.” 33 Now He was saying this ^ato indicate what kind of death He was going to die. 34 The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^athe Law that ^bthe ¹Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^cSon of Man must be ^dlifted up’? Who is this ^eSon of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “^aFor a little while longer ^bthe Light is among you. ^cWalk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^dwalks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the Light, ^abelieve in the Light, so that you may become ^bsons of Light.”

These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and ^chid Himself from them. 37 But though He had performed so many ¹signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him. 38 This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be fulfilled: “^aLORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 “^aHE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE ^bHARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND ¹BE CONVERTED, AND SO I WILL NOT HEAL THEM.” 41 These things Isaiah said because ^ahe saw His glory, and ^bhe spoke about Him. 42 Nevertheless ^amany, even of ^bthe rulers, believed in Him, but ^cbecause of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be ^dexcommunicated from the synagogue; 43 ^afor they loved the ¹approval of people rather than the ²approval of God.

44 Now Jesus cried out and said, “^aThe one who believes in Me, does not believe only in Me, but also in Him who sent Me. 45 And ^athe one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 ^aI have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears My ¹teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^aI did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 ^aThe one who rejects Me and does not ¹accept My ²teachings has one who judges him: ^bthe word which I spoke. That will judge him on ^cthe last day. 49 ^aFor I did not speak ¹on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^bhas given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that ^aHis commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^bjust as the Father has told Me.”