# John 12 (New King James Version)
The Anointing at Bethany

##### Chapter 12
###### 1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.  
###### 2 There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.  
###### 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

###### 4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's _son,_ who would betray Him, said,  
###### 5 "Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"  
###### 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

###### 7 But Jesus said, **"Let her alone;** **she has kept this for the day of My burial.**  
###### 8 **For** **the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."**The Plot to Kill Lazarus

###### 9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.  
###### 10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,  
###### 11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.The Triumphal Entry

###### 12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,  
###### 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:
"Hosanna!  
'Blessed _is_ He who comes in the name of the Lord!'  
The King of Israel!"

###### 14 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

###### 15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion;  
Behold, your King is coming,  
Sitting on a donkey's colt."

###### 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and _that_ they had done these things to Him.

###### 17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.  
###### 18 For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.  
###### 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!"The Fruitful Grain of Wheat

###### 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.  
###### 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

###### 22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

###### 23 But Jesus answered them, saying, **"The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.**  
###### 24 **Most assuredly, I say to you,** **unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much** **grain.**  
###### 25 **He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.**  
###### 26 **If anyone serves Me, let him** **follow Me; and** **where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him _My_ Father will honor.**Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross

###### 27 **"Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'?** **But for this purpose I came to this hour.**  
###### 28 **Father, glorify Your name."**
Then a voice came from heaven, _saying,_ "I have both glorified _it_ and will glorify _it_ again."

###### 29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard _it_ said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."

###### 30 Jesus answered and said, **"This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.**  
###### 31 **Now is the judgment of this world; now** **the ruler of this world will be cast out.**  
###### 32 **And I,** **if I am** **lifted up from the earth, will draw** **all _peoples_ to Myself."**  
###### 33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

###### 34 The people answered Him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how _can_ You say, **'The Son of Man must be lifted up'**? Who is this Son of Man?"

###### 35 Then Jesus said to them, **"A little while longer** **the light is with you.** **Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you;** **he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.**  
###### 36 **While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become** **sons of light."** These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.Who Has Believed Our Report?

###### 37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,  
###### 38 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?"

###### 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

###### 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,  
Lest they should see with _their_ eyes,  
Lest they should understand with _their_ hearts and turn,  
So that I should heal them."

###### 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.Walk in the Light

###### 42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess _Him,_ lest they should be put out of the synagogue;  
###### 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

###### 44 Then Jesus cried out and said, **"He who believes in Me,** **believes not in Me** **but in Him who sent Me.**  
###### 45 **And** **he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.**  
###### 46 **I have come _as_ a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.**  
###### 47 **And if anyone 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.**  
###### 48 **He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--****the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.**  
###### 49 **For** **I have not spoken on My own _authority;_ but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command,** **what I should say and what I should speak.**  
###### 50 **And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I** **speak."**