and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

And many resorted to Him, and said, John wrought no miracle, but all that he said concerning this man, was true.

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This illness will not result in [his] death, but was intended to bring honor to God, so that the Son of God would be honored by it."

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

he still remained where he was for two days; then after that he said to his disciples, "Let us go back again to Judea."

"Rabbi," answered his disciples, "it was but just now that the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"

But Jesus spake of his death; though they thought that He was speaking of the refreshment of sleep.

Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:

and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

When Jesus was arriv'd, he found that Lazarus had been then four days in the grave.

And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him: but Mary sat in the house.

Dost thou believe this? She saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

And, she, when she heard, was roused up quickly, and was coming unto him.

and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.

As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and told him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

though deeply troubled, asked them, "Where have you laid him?" "Master, come and see," was their reply.

And Jesus himself was weeping.

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Lo, how he was loving him!'

and certain of them said, 'Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

Groaning deeply again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying in front of it.

Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, 'Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, 'Loose him, and suffer to go.'

So, the leading priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council [Note: This was the Jewish governing body called "the Sanhedrin"] and said, "What should we do, for this man is performing many [miraculous] signs?

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, "You don't know anything!

And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

So from that day their plan was to kill him.

Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, asked,

"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?"

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

The next day, the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.

that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.

And Jesus got a young ass and sat thereon, according to that which was written,

And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.

The multitude, therefore, which was with him, testified that he called Lazarus from the tomb, and raised him from the dead.

The crowd was going out to meet Jesus because they had heard that he had performed this sign.

The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!"

And there was certain Greeks of those having come up that they might worship at the feast:

They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

This was his reply-- "The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.

In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."

Jesus answered and said, This voice was not on my account, but for you.

He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, 'Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?'

This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again.

Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ's glory; and it was of him that he spoke.

For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

for I have not spoken of my own accord ??the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

Because Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his control, that he had come from God, and that he was returning to God,

and was now going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his upper garments, and took a towel and girded himself.

Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.

Then he came to Simon Peter, who asked him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Peter told him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me."

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

For he knew who was going to betray him. That's why he said, "Not all of you are clean."

After he had washed their feet, and received his clothes, and was set down again, he said unto them, "Know ye what I have done to you?

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you must also wash one another's feet.

After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, one of you is going to betray me!"

The disciples began looking at one another, completely mystified about whom he was speaking.

And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;

So Simon Peter motioned to this man to ask Jesus about whom he was speaking.

He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

And after the morsel was given, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him: What you do, do quickly.

Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside"and it was night.

When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, 'Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;

if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

[Then] Judas (not the betrayer) [Note: This was the son of James, See Luke 6:16. He is also called Thaddaeus, See Matt. 10:3], said to Jesus, "Lord, what has happened [i.e., to your original plans to be seen by everyone when you came. See Luke 21:27], that you will reveal yourself to us apostles [only] and not to the [whole] world?"

You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

I command you to do these things so that you will [demonstrate your] love for one another. [Note: Or this may mean that His command was to love one another, as in verse 12].