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[1]And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.
[2]And they made a supper for him there: and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of the guests with him.
[3]And Mary took an alabaster box of perfume of choice spikenard, of great price; and anointed the feet of Jesus; and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the perfume.
[4]Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was about to betray him:
[5]Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
[6]And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.
[7]But Jesus said: Let her alone; she hath kept it for the day of my burial.
[8]For the poor are always with you, but I am not with you always.
[9]And great multitudes of the Jews heard that he was there: and they came, not only on account of Jesus, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead.
[10]And the chief priests deliberated about killing even Lazarus:
[11]because many of the Jews, on his account, went and believed in Jesus.
[12]And the next day, a great multitude who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
[13]took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel !
[14]And Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it; as it is written
[15]Fear not, daughter of Sion. Behold, thy king cometh to thee; and he rideth upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
[16]These things understood not his disciples, at that time; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did them to him.
[17]And the multitude that had been with him, testified that he had called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from the dead.
[18]And for this reason, great multitudes went out to meet him, as they had heard that he wrought this sign.
[19]But the Pharisees said, one to another: Do ye see, that ye are gaining nothing? For, lo, the whole world is going after him.
[20]And there were also among the people, some who had come up to worship at the feast.
[21]These came, and approached Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him: My lord, we are desirous to see Jesus.
[22]Philip came and told Andrew; and Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
[23]And Jesus answered, and said to them: The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified.
[24]Verily, verily, I say to you, That a kernel of wheat, unless it fall and die in the ground, remaineth alone; but if it die, it produceth numerous fruits.
[25]He that loveth his life, will lose it; and he that hateth his life, in this world, will preserve it unto life everlasting.
[26]If any one is servant to me, he will come after me; and where I am, there also will my servant be. Him that serveth me, will the Father honor.
[27]Behold, now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour? But for this very cause, came I to this hour.
[28]Father, glorify thy name! And a voice was heard from heaven: I have glorified [it]; and I will glorify [it] again.
[29]And the multitude standing by, heard [it]; and they said: There was thunder. But others said: An angel spoke with him.
[30]Jesus answered, and said to them: This voice was not for my sake, but for yours.
[31]Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world is cast out.
[32]And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.
[33]And this he said, to show by what manner of death, he was to die.
[34]The multitude said to him: We have heard from the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: [and] how sayest thou, that the Son of man is to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
[35]Jesus said to them: A short time longer, the light is with you. Walk, while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth.
[36]While the light is with you, confide in the light; that ye may be children of the light. These things said Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.
[37]And although he wrought all these signs before them, they believed him not;
[38]that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said: My Lord; who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
[39]For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
[40]They have blinded their eyes, and darkened their hearts; that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted; and I should heal them.
[41]These things spake Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
[42]And of the chiefs also, many believed on him; but on account 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]And Jesus cried, and said: He that believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me.
[45]And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
[46]I have come into the world, a light, that whoever believeth in me, might not abide in darkness.
[47]And whoever shall hear my words, and not observe them, I judge him not; for I did not come to judge the world, but to vivify the world.
[48]Whoever rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, there is one to judge him; the word which I speak, will judge him, at the last day.
[49]For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should speak, and what I should say.
[50]And I know that his commandment is life eternal. Therefore, these things which I speak, as my Father hath said to me, so I speak.
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