John 12:1

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Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

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  • Matt 21:17 : 17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
  • John 11:55 : 55 Now the Jewish Feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.
  • Mark 14:3-8 : 3 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head. 4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment? 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her. 6 But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me. 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me! 8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
  • Luke 24:50 : 50 Jesus’ Departure Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
  • John 11:1 : 1 The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
  • John 11:44 : 44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
  • John 12:20 : 20 Seekers Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table. 8 When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste? 9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!” 10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me. 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
  • Mark 11:11 : 11 Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

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  • John 12:2-3
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    2So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

    3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)

  • John 11:1-6
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    1The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

    2(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

    3So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”

    4When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

    5(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

    6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

  • John 12:9-12
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    9Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

    10So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

    11for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

  • John 12:17-18
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    17So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

    18Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

  • John 11:17-21
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    17Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

    18(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

    19so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

    20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

    21Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

  • John 11:43-45
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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

    44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

    45The Response of the Jewish Leaders Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.

  • John 11:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb.(Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)

    39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”

  • John 11:14
    76%

    14Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,

  • John 11:29-34
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    29So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

    30(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)

    31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

    32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

    33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.

    34He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”

  • Matt 26:6
    74%

    6Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

  • John 11:23-25
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    23Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”

    24Martha said,“I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”

    25Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

  • John 6:4
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    4(Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.)

  • Mark 11:11-12
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    11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

    12Cursing of the Fig Tree Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Luke 7:11
    72%

    11Raising a Widow’s Son Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

  • John 11:11-12
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    72%

    11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

    12Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”

    15So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

  • John 11:41
    70%

    41So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said,“Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

  • Mark 14:12
    69%

    12The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

  • Luke 8:54
    69%

    54But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”

  • John 2:13
    69%

    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Matt 14:12
    69%

    12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

  • Mark 14:17
    69%

    17Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.

  • Matt 26:17
    69%

    17The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”