John 12

¹Jesus therefore six days before the Pasch came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, that had been dead, whom Jesus raised.

²And they made him a supper there: and Martha ministered, but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

³Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled of the odour of the ointment.

⁴One therefore of his Disciples, Judas Iscariote, he that was to betray him, said:

⁵Why was not this ointment sold for three-hundred pence, and given to the poor?

⁶And he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put in.

⁷Jesus therefore said: Let her alone that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

⁸For the poor you have always with you; but me you shall not have always.

⁹A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead.

¹⁰But the chief Priests devised for to kill Lazarus also:

¹¹because many for him of the Jews went away, and believed in Jesus.

¹²And on the morrow a great multitude that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus cometh to Jerusalem,

¹³they took the boughs of palms, and went forth to meet him, & cried: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of our Lord, the King of Israel.

¹⁴And Jesus found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is written:

¹⁵Fear not daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh sitting upon an ass's colt.

¹⁶These things his Disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him, and these things they did to him.

¹⁷The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead.

¹⁸For therefore also the multitude came to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? Behold the whole world is gone after him.

²⁰And there were certain Gentiles of them that came up to adore in the festival day.

²¹These therefore came to Philippe who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we are desirous to see Jesus.

²²Philippe cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew & Philippe told Jesus.

²³But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come, that the Son of man shall be glorified.

²⁴Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground, die: itself remaineth alone. but if it die, it bringeth much fruit.

²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this world, doth keep it to life everlasting.

²⁶If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, my Father will honour him.

²⁷Now my soul is troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But therefore came I into this hour.

²⁸Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from Heaven: Both I have glorified it, and again I will glorify it.

²⁹The multitude therefore that stood and had heard, said that it thundered. Others said, An Angel spake to him.

³⁰Jesus answered, and said: This voice came not for me, but for your sake.

³¹Now is the judgement of the world: now the Prince of this world shall be cast forth.

³²And I, if I be exalted from the earth, will draw all things to myself.

³³(And this he said, signifying what death he should die.)

³⁴The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever; and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be exalted? Who is this Son of man?

³⁵Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whiles you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁶Whiles you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spake and he went away, and hid himself from them.

³⁷And whereas he had done so many signs before them, they believed not in him:

³⁸that the saying of Esay the Prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath believed the hearing of us? and the arm of our Lord to whom hath it been revealed?

³⁹Therefore they could not believe, because Esay said again:

⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and indurated their heart: that they may not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them.

⁴¹These things said Esaie, when he saw his glory, & spake of him.

⁴²But yet of the Princes also many believed in him: but for the Pharisees they did not confess, that they might not be cast out of the Synagogue.

⁴³For they loved the glory of men more, than the glory of God.

⁴⁴But Jesus cried, and said: He that believeth in me, doth not believe in me, but in him that sent me.

⁴⁵And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.

⁴⁶I a light am come into this world: that every one which believeth in me, may not remain in the darkness.

⁴⁷And if any man hear my words, and keep them not: I do not judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

⁴⁸He that despiseth me, & receiveth not my words, hath that judgeth him. the word that I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹Because of myself I have not spoken, but the Father that sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak: as the Father said to me, so do I speak.