John 12 - Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Anointing at Bethany

12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany^(A) where Lazarus^[a] was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.^(B) ²So^(C) they gave a dinner for him there; Martha^(D) was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. ³Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair.^(E) So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

⁴Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot^(F) (who was about to betray him), said, ⁵“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii^[b]^(G) and given to the poor?” ⁶He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.^(H) He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

⁷Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.^(I) ⁸For you always have the poor with you,^(J) but you do not always have me.”

The Decision to Kill Lazarus

⁹Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.^(K) ¹⁰But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, ¹¹because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them^[c] and believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

¹²The^(L) next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³they took palm branches^(M) and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:

“Hosanna!^(N)
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord^[d]^(O) —the King of Israel!” ^(P)

¹⁴Jesus found a young donkey^(Q) and sat on it, just as it is written:

¹⁵Do not be afraid,^(R)
Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,
sitting on a donkey’s colt.^[e]^(S)

¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him^(T) and that they had done these things to him.

¹⁷Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb^(U) and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.^[f] ¹⁸This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign. ¹⁹Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!” ^(V)

Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion

²⁰Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. ²¹So they came to Philip,^(W) who was from Bethsaida^(X) in Galilee,^(Y) and requested of him, “Sir,^(Z) we want to see Jesus.” ²²Philip went and told Andrew;^(AA) then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

²³Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man^(AB) to be glorified. ²⁴Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat^(AC) falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.^(AD) ²⁵The one who loves his life will lose it,^(AE) and the one who hates^(AF) his life^(AG) in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant^(AH) also will be.^(AI) If anyone serves me, the Father will honor^(AJ) him.

²⁷“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save me^(AK) from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify your name.”^[g]^(AL)

Then a voice^(AM) came from heaven: ^(AN) “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”^(AO)

²⁹The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.^(AP) ³¹Now is the judgment of this world.^(AQ) Now the ruler of this world^(AR) will be cast out.^(AS) ³²As for me, if I am lifted up^[h] from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”^(AT) ³³He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.^(AU)

³⁴Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.^(AV) So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man^(AW) must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer.^(AX) Walk while you have the light^(AY) so that darkness doesn’t overtake you.^(AZ) The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.^(BA) ³⁶While you have the light,^(BB) believe in the light so that you may become children of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.^(BC)

Isaiah’s Prophecies Fulfilled

³⁷Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him. ³⁸This was to fulfill^(BD) the word of Isaiah^(BE) the prophet, who said:^[i]

Lord, who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm^(BF) of the Lord been revealed?^[j]^(BG)

³⁹This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

⁴⁰He has blinded^(BH) their eyes
and hardened their hearts,^(BI)
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and turn,^(BJ)
and I would heal them.^[k]^(BK)

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because^[l] he saw his glory^(BL) and spoke about him.

⁴²Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers,^(BM) but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue. ⁴³For they loved human praise^(BN) more than praise from God.^(BO)

A Summary of Jesus’s Mission

⁴⁴Jesus cried out, “The one who believes in me^(BP) believes not in me, but in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And the one who sees me sees him^(BQ) who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep^(BR) them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world^(BS) but to save the world.^(BT) ⁴⁸The one who rejects me^(BU) and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge: ^[m] The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.^(BV) ⁴⁹For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father^(BW) himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said. ⁵⁰I know that his command is eternal life.^(BX) So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”^(BY)

Footnotes

12:1 Other mss read Lazarus who died
12:5 A denarius = one day’s wage
12:11 Lit going away
12:13 Ps 118:25–26
12:15 Zch 9:9
12:17 Other mss read Meanwhile the crowd, which had been with him, continued to testify that he had called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead.
12:28 Other mss read your Son
12:32 Or exalted, also in v. 34
12:38 Lit which he said
12:38 Is 53:1
12:40 Is 6:10
12:41 Other mss read when
12:48 Lit has the one judging him

Cross references

12:1 : Mk 11:1
12:1 : Jn 11:43–44
12:2–8 : Mt 26:6–13; Mk 14:3–9
12:2 : Jn 11:1
12:3 : Mk 14:3; Jn 11:2
12:4 : Mt 26:14; Mk 3:19
12:5 : Mt 18:28
12:6 : Jn 10:1
12:7 : Jn 19:40
12:8 : Dt 15:11
12:9 : Jn 21:14
12:12–19 : Mt 21:1–11; Mk 11:1–11; Lk 19:28–44
12:13 : Lv 23:40; Rv 7:9
12:13 : Lk 1:42
12:13 : Ps 118:25–26
12:13 : Jn 1:49
12:14 : Lk 13:15
12:15 : Jn 6:20
12:15 : Zch 9:9
12:16 : Jn 2:22; 14:26
12:17 : Jn 5:28
12:19 : Mk 15:6–15; Lk 19:39–44; Jn 11:47–48; 12:36–43; 19:15
12:21 : Mk 3:18
12:21 : Mt 11:21; Mk 6:45; 8:22; Lk 9:10; 10:13; Jn 1:44
12:21 : Mt 17:22
12:21 : Col 3:22
12:22 : Jn 6:8
12:23 : Mk 2:10
12:24 : Lk 16:7
12:24 : 1Co 15:36
12:25 : Jn 10:28
12:25 : Lk 6:27; 19:14
12:25 : Mt 10:39
12:26 : 1Co 3:5
12:26 : Jn 14:3; 17:24; 2Co 5:8; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:17
12:26 : 1Tm 5:3
12:27 : Ps 3:7
12:28 : Jn 10:25; Ac 15:14; Rv 14:1
12:28 : Jn 5:37
12:28 : Rv 14:13
12:28 : Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12
12:30 : Jn 11:42
12:31 : Lk 4:6
12:31 : Jn 3:16; 14:30; 16:11
12:31 : Col 2:15; 1Jn 3:8
12:32 : Jn 11:51
12:33 : Jn 18:32
12:34 : Ps 89:36; Jn 15:4; 1Jn 2:17
12:34 : Mk 2:10
12:35 : Ps 118:27; Jn 7:33; 9:4
12:35 : Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Jn 2:8
12:35 : Php 3:12
12:35 : Jn 7:28; 8:14; 1Jn 2:11
12:36 : Jn 7:33; 1Th 5:5
12:36 : Lk 4:30
12:38 : Mt 1:22
12:38 : Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17
12:38 : Ex 15:16
12:38 : Is 53:1
12:40 : Jn 8:59
12:40 : Heb 3:8
12:40 : Is 56:3,6; Mt 18:3; 23:15; Ac 15:3; 28:27; Rm 16:5; 1Tm 3:6
12:40 : Is 6:10; 1Pt 2:24
12:41 : Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24
12:42 : Lk 8:41
12:43 : Php 3:19
12:43 : Lk 9:32; 2Co 3:18; 1Th 2:4; 2Pt 3:18
12:44 : Jn 6:35
12:45 : Jn 14:9
12:47 : Lk 11:28; 2Tm 1:14; 2Pt 3:17
12:47 : Lk 6:37; Jn 3:18; 8:15; Rv 6:10
12:47 : Jn 3:17; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8
12:48 : Lk 10:16
12:48 : Jn 2:4; 6:39; 1Pt 1:5; 3:3; 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18
12:49 : Mt 11:27
12:50 : Jn 5:26; 12:25; Ac 13:48; 1Jn 2:25
12:50 : Jn 5:19; 14:24

John 12 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

12 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead; 2 they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him; 3 Mary, therefore, havin...
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John 12 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

12 Therefore Jesus before six days of pask came to Bethany, where Lazarus had been dead [where Lazarus was dead], whom Jesus raised. 2 And they made to him a supper there, and Martha ministered to him; and Lazarus was one of the men that sat at the meat with him. 3 Therefore Mary took a pound of o...
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John 12 - Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)

12 Six days before the Passover Feast Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived. This was the Lazarus that Jesus had raised from death. 2 The people made supper for Jesus. Martha helped give food for the people, and Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Jesus. 3 Mary had a jar of oil. I...
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John 12 - World English Bible (WEB)

12 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. 3 Therefore Mary took a pound[a] of ointment of pure nard, ...
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John 12 - The Voice (VOICE)

12 Six days before the Passover feast, Jesus journeyed to the village of Bethany, to the home of Lazarus who had recently been raised from the dead, 2 where they hosted Him for dinner. Martha was busy serving as the hostess, Lazarus reclined at the table with Him, 3 and Mary took a pound of fine o...
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John 12 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

Miriam Anoints the Messiah12 Six days before Passover, Yeshua came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Yeshua had raised from the dead. 2 So they prepared a dinner there for Yeshua. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 3 Then Miriam took a pound[a] of v...
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John 12 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Mary Anoints Jesus12 [a]Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz′arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Laz′arus was one of those at table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the...
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John 12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Mary Anoints Jesus12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz′arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Laz′arus was one of those at table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the fe...
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John 12 - Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was; who had died and 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 ointment of Spikenard (very c...
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John 12 - New Testament for Everyone (NTE)

Mary and Her Ointment12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany. Lazarus was there, the man he had raised from the dead. 2 So they made a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among the company at table with him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume, made of...
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John 12 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Mary Anoints Jesus12 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed J...
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John 12 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

John 12 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

John 12 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Mary Anoints Jesus12 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.(A)2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him.(B)3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Je...
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John 12 - New Matthew Bible (NMB)

Mary anoints Christ’s feet. Judas murmurs. Christ defends her, and rides into Jerusalem. 12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, and whom Jesus raised from death. 2 There they made him a supper, and Martha served. Lazarus was one of those w...
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John 12 - New Living Translation (NLT)

Jesus Anointed at Bethany12 Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate[a] with him. 3 Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar[...
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John 12 - New Life Version (NLV)

Mary of Bethany Puts Special Perfume on Jesus (A)12 It was six days before the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt. Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived. Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. 2 They made supper for Him. Martha put the food on the table. Lazarus wa...
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John 12 - New King James Version (NKJV)

The Anointing at Bethany(A)12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, (B)where Lazarus was [a]who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 (C)There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. 3 Then (D)Mary too...
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