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^(a)Jesus, therefore, six days before ^(b)the Passover, came to ^(c)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

So they made Him a supper there, and ^(d)Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

^(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.

But ^(g)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to ^[b]betray Him, *said,

"Why was this perfume not sold for ^[c]three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

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.

Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep ^[d]it for ^(j)the day of My burial.

^(k)For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

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.

But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

because ⁽ⁿ⁾on account of him ^(o)many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

On the next day ^(p)the large crowd who had come to ^(q)the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

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."

Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

"^(t) Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey's colt ."

^(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.

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.

^(x)For this reason also the ^[f]people went and met Him, ^(y)because they heard that He had performed this ^[g]sign.

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."

Now there were some ^(z)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(aa)the feast;

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."

Philip *came and *told ^(ad)Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus.

And Jesus *answered them, saying, "^(ae)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(af)be glorified.

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.

^(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.

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.