John 12:5-27

⁵“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

⁶This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

⁷But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.

⁸For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

⁹Now a large crowd from 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.

¹⁰But the chief priests took counsel, that they might also kill Lazarus,

¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.

¹²On the next day a large crowd which was coming to the feast, having heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

¹³took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and they were crying out, “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”

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

¹⁵“Do not fear, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on the colt of a donkey.”

¹⁶His 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 did these things to Him.

¹⁷Therefore the crowd which was with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, was testifying.

¹⁸On account of this the crowd also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are not doing any good. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

²⁰And there were some Greeks among those coming up, so that they might worship at the feast.

²¹Then they approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

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

²³But Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.

²⁴Most assuredly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

²⁵He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

²⁶And if anyone serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant shall be also. If anyone serve Me, him My Father will honor.

²⁷“Now My soul has been troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this reason I came to this hour.