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Themes in John 12
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Themes in John 12

John 12:1

Now six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom He had raised from the dead.

John 12:2

So they gave a dinner there in honor of Jesus, and Martha was waiting on them, but Lazarus was one of the guests with Jesus.

John 12:3

Then Mary took a pound of expensive perfume, made of the purest oil, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair; and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

John 12:4

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was going to betray Him, said,

John 12:5

"Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars and the money given to the poor?"

John 12:6

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and as the carrier of the purse for the Twelve he was in the habit of taking what was put into it.

John 12:7

Then Jesus said, "Let her alone; let her keep it for the day of my funeral,

John 12:8

for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

John 12:9

A goodly number of the Jews learned that He was at Bethany, and so they came there, not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

John 12:10

But the high priests planned to kill Lazarus,

John 12:11

for on account of him many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.

John 12:12

The next day the vast crowd that had come to the feast, on hearing that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

John 12:13

took palm branches and went out to meet Him, and kept on shouting: "Blessings on Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Blessings on the King of Israel!"

John 12:14

Then Jesus found a young donkey and mounted it, doing as the Scripture says:

John 12:15

"Cease from fearing, Daughter of Zion; See, your King is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

John 12:16

His disciples at the time did not understand this, but after Jesus was glorified, they remembered that this had been written about Him and that they had fulfilled it in His case.

John 12:17

The crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead, kept on talking about it.

John 12:18

This is why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this wonder-work.

John 12:19

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you cannot help it at all; the whole world has gone off after Him!"

John 12:20

There were some Greeks among those who were coming up to worship at the feast,

John 12:21

and they went to Philip who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and kept making this request of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

John 12:22

Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip both went and told Jesus.

John 12:23

Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified,

John 12:24

I most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single grain. But if it does die, it yields a great harvest.

John 12:25

Whoever loves his lower life will lose the higher, but whoever hates his lower life in this world preserves the higher for eternal life.

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

John 12:27

Now my soul is troubled; what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour of agony! And yet it was for this very purpose that I came to this hour of agony.

John 12:28

Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came out of heaven, "I have already glorified it and I will again glorify it."

John 12:29

The crowd of bystanders on hearing it said that it was thunder; others, however, said, "An angel has spoken to Him!"

John 12:30

Jesus answered, "This voice did not come for my sake, but for yours.

John 12:31

This world is now in process of judgment; the prince of this world is now to be expelled.

John 12:32

And if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to me."

John 12:33

He said this to show the kind of death He was going to die.
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John 12:34

The crowd answered Him, "We have learned from the law that the Christ is to remain here forever, and so how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, "Only a little while longer you will have the light. Keep on living by it while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for whoever walks about in the dark does not know where he is going.

John 12:36

While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." On saying this Jesus went away and hid Himself.

John 12:37

Although He had performed so many wonder-works right before their eyes, they did not believe in Him,

John 12:38

so that the utterance of the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us? And to whom has the mighty arm of the Lord been shown?"

John 12:39

So they could not believe, for Isaiah again has said:

John 12:40

"He has blinded their eyes and benumbed their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and turn to me to cure them."

John 12:41

Isaiah said this, because he saw His glory; yes, he spoke about Him.

John 12:42

And yet in spite of all this, even among the leading men many came to believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not own it, for fear of being turned out of the synagogue,

John 12:43

for they loved the praise of men instead of the praise of God.

John 12:44

But Jesus cried aloud, "Whoever believes in me believes not merely in me but in Him who has sent me;

John 12:45

and whoever sees me sees Him who has sent me.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, so that no one who continues to believe in me can remain in darkness.

John 12:47

If anyone hears my words and fails to keep them, it is not I that judge him, for I have not come to judge but to save the world.

John 12:48

Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

John 12:49

This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.

John 12:50

And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."
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