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they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.
56 They kept looking for Jesus, but as they stood around in the Temple, they
said to each other, “What do you think? He won’t come for Passover, will he?”
57 Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that
anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Beth
any, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead. 2 A
dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among
those who ate* with him. 3 Then Mary took a twelveounce jar* of expensive
perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it,
wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
4 But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, 5 “That
perfume was worth a year’s wages.* It should have been sold and the money
given to the poor.” 6 Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since
he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.
7 Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”
9 When all the people* heard of Jesus’ arrival, they flocked to see him and
also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. 10 Then the lead
ing priests decided to kill Lazarus, too, 11 for it was because of him that many
of the people had deserted them* and believed in Jesus.
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Jesus’ Triumphant Entry
12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept
through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches
and went down the road to meet him. They shouted,
“Praise God!*
Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hail to the King of Israel!”*
Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that
said:
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“Don’t be afraid, people of Jerusalem.*
Look, your King is coming,
riding on a donkey’s colt.”*
16 His disciples didn’t understand at the time that this was a fulfillment
of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into his glory, they remembered what
had happened and realized that these things had been written about him.
17 Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising
him from the dead, and they were telling others* about it. 18 That was the
reason so many went out to meet him—because they had heard about this
12:2 Or who reclined. 12:3 Greek took 1 litra [327 grams]. 12:5 Greek worth 300 denarii. A
denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage. 12:9 Greek Jewish people; also in 12:11.
12:11 Or had deserted their traditions; Greek reads had deserted. 12:13a Greek Hosanna, an excla
mation of praise adapted from a Hebrew expression that means “save now.” 12:13b Ps
118:2526; Zeph 3:15. 12:15a Greek daughter of Zion. 12:15b Zech 9:9. 12:17 Greek were
testifying.
