The anointing of Christ's feet. His riding into Jerusalem upon an ass.
A voice from heaven.
12:1. Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania,
where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life.
12:2. And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus
was one of them that were at table with him.
12:3. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of
great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her
hair. And the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
12:4. Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to
betray him, said:
12:5. Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given
to the poor?
12:6. Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because
he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put
therein.
12:7. Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against
the day of my burial.
12:8. For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not
always.
See the annotation of St. Matt. 26. 11.
12:9. A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there;
and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see
Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
12:10. But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:
12:11. Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away and
believed in Jesus.
12:12. And on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the
festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
12:13. Took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried
Hosanna. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of
Israel.
12:14. And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written:
12:15. Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on
an ass's colt.
12:16. These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when
Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were
written of him and that they had done these things to him.
12:17. The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when
he called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead.
12:18. For which reason also the people came to meet him, because they
heard that he had done this miracle.
12:19. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that
we prevail nothing? Behold, the whole world is gone after him.
12:20. Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore
on the festival day.
12:21. These therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee,
and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus.
12:22. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told
Jesus.
12:23. But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come that the Son
of man should be glorified.
12:24. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into
the ground die,
12:25. Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much
fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his
life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal.
12:26. If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am,
there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my
Father honour.
12:27. Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me
from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour.
12:28. Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I
have both glorified it and will glorify it again.
12:29. The multitude therefore that stood and heard said that it
thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him.
12:30. Jesus answered and said: This voice came not because of me, but
for your sakes.
12:31. Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this
world be cast out.
12:32. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to
myself.