John 12:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

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  • Matt 21:17 : 17 And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.
  • John 11:55 : 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.
  • Mark 14:3-8 : 3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head. 4 But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted? 5 We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves. 6 But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me. 7 The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever. 8 She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.
  • Luke 24:50 : 50 And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
  • John 11:1 : 1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
  • John 11:44 : 44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.
  • John 12:20 : 20 Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table. 8 But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor. 10 But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me. 11 For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
  • Mark 11:11 : 11 And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

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  • John 12:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2 So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

    3 Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

  • John 11:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

    3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

    4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

    5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

    6 So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

  • John 12:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9 Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

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

    11 For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

    12 The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

  • John 12:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

    18 And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

  • John 11:17-21
    5 verses
    79%

    17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

    18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

    19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

    20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

    21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

  • John 11:43-45
    3 verses
    76%

    43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

    45 Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

  • John 11:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

    39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

  • John 11:14
    76%

    14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

  • John 11:29-34
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    75%

    29 And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

    30 Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

    32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

    33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

    34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

  • Matt 26:6
    74%

    6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

  • John 11:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

    24 Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

    25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

  • John 6:4
    73%

    4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

  • Mark 11:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

    12 And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

  • Luke 7:11
    72%

    11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

  • John 11:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

    12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

    15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

  • John 11:41
    70%

    41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

  • Mark 14:12
    69%

    12 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

  • Luke 8:54
    69%

    54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

  • John 2:13
    69%

    13 The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Matt 14:12
    69%

    12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • Mark 14:17
    69%

    17 And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

  • Matt 26:17
    69%

    17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?