John 12:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

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  • Luke 22:27 : 27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
  • Luke 10:38-42 : 38 Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
  • Luke 14:12 : 12 He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
  • John 11:43-44 : 43 When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!” 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 12:9-9 : 9 Now 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. 10 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.
  • Song 4:16-5:1 : 16 The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit! 1 The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk!The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!
  • Matt 26:6 : 6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
  • Mark 14:3 : 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.
  • Luke 5:29 : 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 12:1
    84%

    1Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

  • John 11:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    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.”

  • Luke 10:38-41
    4 verses
    79%

    38Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

    39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

    40But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”

    41But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,

  • John 11:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    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 11:19-21
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    75%

    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.

  • Luke 22:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

    14The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

  • John 12:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    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,

  • John 11:29-31
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • John 12:17-18
    2 verses
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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.

  • Luke 7:36
    74%

    36Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

  • Matt 26:20
    74%

    20When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

  • Matt 26:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

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

    7a 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.

  • John 12:3
    73%

    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.)

  • Luke 14:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

    16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

  • Luke 11:37
    73%

    37Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

  • Luke 22:9
    73%

    9They said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare it?”

  • Mark 2:15
    72%

    15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

  • John 13:23
    72%

    23One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.

  • Luke 24:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.

    30When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

  • Mark 14:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

    3Jesus’ 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.

  • Luke 5:29
    71%

    29Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

  • Luke 22:27
    70%

    27For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

  • Luke 22:11
    70%

    11and tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says to you,“Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • Mark 14:14
    70%

    14Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • Mark 14:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

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

    18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said,“I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me.”

  • Luke 14:1
    70%

    1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

  • Luke 14:12
    70%

    12He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

  • Gen 26:30
    70%

    30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

  • John 6:3
    69%

    3So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

  • 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?”

  • John 11:43
    69%

    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

  • Luke 14:24
    69%

    24For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”