John 12:1-19

1Six days before Passover, Yeshua came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Yeshua had raised from the dead.

2So they prepared a dinner there for Yeshua. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

3Then Miriam took a pound of very expensive oil of pure nard and anointed Yeshua’s feet, and she wiped His feet dry with her hair. Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

4But Judah from Kriot, one of His disciples, the one who was about to betray Him, said,

5“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

6Now he said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. Since he had the moneybox, he used to steal from what was put in it.

7Therefore Yeshua said, “Leave her alone! She set it aside for the day of My burial.

8You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me.”

9Now a large crowd of Judeans knew He was there and came, not only for Yeshua but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

10So the ruling kohanim made plans to kill Lazarus also,

11because on account of him many of the Jewish people were going and putting their trust in Yeshua.

12The next day, the huge crowd that had come up for the feast heard that Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem.

13So they took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, “‘Hoshia-na! Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”

14Finding a young donkey, Yeshua sat on it, as it is written,

15“Fear not, Daughter of Zion! Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

16His disciples did not understand these things at first. But when Yeshua was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that the crowd had done these things for Him.

17So the crowd, which had been with Yeshua when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, kept on telling everyone about it.

18It was also for this reason that the crowd came out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

19So the Pharisees said to each other, “You see that you can’t do anything. Look, the whole world has taken off after Him!”