John 12 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Mary Anoints Jesus

12 ^(A)Jesus, therefore, six days before ^(B)the Passover, came to ^(C)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ² So they made Him a supper there, and ^(D)Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. ^{3 (E)}Mary then took a ^[a]pound of very costly ^(F)perfume 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 ^(G)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to ^[b]betray Him, *said, ⁵ “Why was this perfume not sold for ^[c]three hundred denarii and given to poor people?” ⁶ Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^(H)had the money box, he used to pilfer ^(I)what was put into it. ⁷ Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep ^[d]it for ^(J)the day of My burial. ^{8 (K)}For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

⁹ The ^(L)large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ^(M)whom He raised from the dead. ¹⁰ But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; ¹¹ because ^(N)on account of him ^(O)many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

¹² On the next day ^(P)the large crowd who had come to ^(Q)the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “^(R)Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the ^(S)King of Israel.” ¹⁴ Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, ¹⁵ “^(T)Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” ^{16 (U)}These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(V)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. ¹⁷ So ^(W)the ^[e]people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. ^{18 (X)}For this reason also the ^[f]people went and met Him, ^(Y)because they heard that He had performed this ^[g]sign. ¹⁹ So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰ Now there were some ^(Z)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(AA)the feast; ²¹ these then came to ^(AB)Philip, who was from ^(AC)Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip *came and *told ^(AD)Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³ And Jesus *answered them, saying, “^(AE)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(AF)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AG)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^{25 (AH)}He who loves his ^[h]life loses it, and he who ^(AI)hates his ^[i]life in this world will keep it to life eternal. ²⁶ If anyone ^[j]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(AJ)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[k]serves Me, the Father will ^(AK)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷ “^(AL)Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘^(AM)Father, save Me from ^(AN)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ^{28 (AO)}Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(AP)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(AQ)An angel has spoken to Him.” ³⁰ Jesus answered and said, “^(AR)This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes. ^{31 (AS)}Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(AT)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I ^(AU)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(AV)draw all men to Myself.” ³³ But He was saying this ^(AW)to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. ³⁴ The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of ^(AX)the Law that ^[l](AY)the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The ^(AZ)Son of Man must be ^(BA)lifted up’? Who is this ^(BB)Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, “^(BC)For a little while longer ^(BD)the Light is among you. ^(BE)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who ^(BF)walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. ³⁶ While you have the Light, ^(BG)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(BH)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ^[m](BI)hid Himself from them. ³⁷ But though He had performed so many ^[n]signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. ³⁸ This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “^(BJ)Lord, 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 “^(BK)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(BL)hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and ^[o]be converted and I heal them.” ⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because ^(BM)he saw His glory, and ^(BN)he spoke of Him. ⁴² Nevertheless ^(BO)many even of ^(BP)the rulers believed in Him, but ^(BQ)because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be ^[p](BR)put out of the synagogue; ^{43 (BS)}for they loved the ^[q]approval of men rather than the ^[r]approval of God.

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, “^(BT)He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. ^{45 (BU)}He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. ^{46 (BV)}I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(BW)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ^{48 (BX)}He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; ^(BY)the word I spoke is what will judge him at ^(BZ)the last day. ^{49 (CA)}For I did not speak ^[s]on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(CB)has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ I know that ^(CC)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(CD)just as the Father has told Me.”

Footnotes

1. John 12:3 I.e. a Roman pound, equaling 12 oz
2. John 12:4 Or hand Him over
3. John 12:5 Equivalent to 11 months’ wages
4. John 12:7 I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial
5. John 12:17 Lit crowd
6. John 12:18 Lit crowd
7. John 12:18 Or attesting miracle
8. John 12:25 Lit soul
9. John 12:25 Lit soul
10. John 12:26 Or is serving
11. John 12:26 Or is serving
12. John 12:34 I.e. the Messiah
13. John 12:36 Lit was hidden
14. John 12:37 Or attesting signs
15. John 12:40 Lit be turned; i.e. turn about
16. John 12:42 I.e. excommunicated
17. John 12:43 Or glory
18. John 12:43 Or glory
19. John 12:49 Lit of Myself

Cross references

1. John 12:1 : John 12:1-8: Matt 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:37-39
2. John 12:1 : John 11:55; 12:20
3. John 12:1 : Matt 21:17; John 11:43f
4. John 12:2 : Luke 10:38
5. John 12:3 : Luke 7:37f; John 11:2
6. John 12:3 : Mark 14:3
7. John 12:4 : John 6:71
8. John 12:6 : John 13:29
9. John 12:6 : Luke 8:3
10. John 12:7 : John 19:40
11. John 12:8 : Deut 15:11; Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7
12. John 12:9 : Mark 12:37; John 12:12 mg
13. John 12:9 : John 11:43f; 12:1, 17f
14. John 12:11 : John 11:45f; 12:18
15. John 12:11 : John 7:31; 11:42
16. John 12:12 : John 12:12-15: Matt 21:4-9; Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38
17. John 12:12 : John 12:1
18. John 12:13 : Ps 118:26
19. John 12:13 : John 1:49
20. John 12:15 : Zech 9:9
21. John 12:16 : Mark 9:32; John 2:22; 14:26
22. John 12:16 : John 7:39; 12:23
23. John 12:17 : John 11:42
24. John 12:18 : Luke 19:37; John 12:12
25. John 12:18 : John 12:11
26. John 12:20 : John 7:35
27. John 12:20 : John 12:1
28. John 12:21 : John 1:44
29. John 12:21 : Matt 11:21
30. John 12:22 : John 1:44
31. John 12:23 : Matt 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 13:1; 17:1
32. John 12:23 : John 7:39; 12:16; 13:32
33. John 12:24 : Rom 14:9; 1 Cor 15:36
34. John 12:25 : Matt 10:39; 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33
35. John 12:25 : Luke 14:26
36. John 12:26 : John 14:3; 17:24; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; 1 Thess 4:17
37. John 12:26 : 1 Sam 2:30; Ps 91:15; Luke 12:37
38. John 12:27 : Matt 26:38; Mark 14:34; John 11:33
39. John 12:27 : Matt 11:25
40. John 12:27 : John 12:23
41. John 12:28 : Matt 11:25
42. John 12:28 : Matt 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35
43. John 12:29 : Acts 23:9
44. John 12:30 : John 11:42
45. John 12:31 : John 3:19; 9:39; 16:11
46. John 12:31 : John 14:30; 16:11; 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2; 6:12; 1 John 4:4; 5:19
47. John 12:32 : John 3:14; 8:28; 12:34
48. John 12:32 : John 6:44
49. John 12:33 : John 18:32; 21:19
50. John 12:34 : John 10:34
51. John 12:34 : Ps 110:4; Is 9:7; Ezek 37:25; Dan 7:14
52. John 12:34 : Matt 8:20
53. John 12:34 : John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32
54. John 12:34 : Matt 8:20
55. John 12:35 : John 7:33; 9:4
56. John 12:35 : John 12:46; 1 John 2:10
57. John 12:35 : Gal 6:10; Eph 5:8
58. John 12:35 : 1 John 1:6; 2:11
59. John 12:36 : John 12:46
60. John 12:36 : Luke 16:8; John 8:12
61. John 12:36 : John 8:59
62. John 12:38 : Is 53:1; Rom 10:16
63. John 12:40 : Is 6:10; Matt 13:14f
64. John 12:40 : Mark 6:52
65. John 12:41 : Is 6:1ff
66. John 12:41 : Luke 24:27
67. John 12:42 : John 7:48; 12:11
68. John 12:42 : Luke 23:13
69. John 12:42 : John 7:13
70. John 12:42 : John 9:22
71. John 12:43 : John 5:41, 44
72. John 12:44 : Matt 10:40; John 5:24
73. John 12:45 : John 14:9
74. John 12:46 : John 1:4; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35f
75. John 12:47 : John 3:17; 8:15f
76. John 12:48 : Luke 10:16
77. John 12:48 : Deut 18:18f; John 5:45ff; 8:47
78. John 12:48 : Matt 10:15; John 6:39; Acts 17:31; 1 Pet 1:5; 2 Pet 3:3, 7; Heb 10:25
79. John 12:49 : John 3:11; 7:16; 8:26, 28, 38; 14:10, 24
80. John 12:49 : John 14:31; 17:8
81. John 12:50 : John 6:68
82. John 12:50 : John 5:19; 8:28