John 12:1

World English Bible (2000)

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

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  • Matt 21:17 : 17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
  • John 11:55 : 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
  • Mark 14:3-8 : 3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. 4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? 5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her. 6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
  • Luke 24:50 : 50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
  • John 11:1 : 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
  • John 11:44 : 44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
  • John 12:20 : 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
  • Matt 26:6-9 : 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor." 10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me. 11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.
  • Mark 11:11 : 11 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, 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 supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

    3 Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

  • John 11:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

    2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

    3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

    4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."

    5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

    6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

  • John 12:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

    10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

    11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

    12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

  • John 12:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

    18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

  • John 11:17-21
    5 verses
    79%

    17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

    18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

    19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

    20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

    21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.

  • John 11:43-45
    3 verses
    76%

    43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

    44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."

    45 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.

  • John 11:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

    39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

  • John 11:14
    76%

    14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.

  • John 11:29-34
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    75%

    29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

    30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

    32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

    33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

    34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."

  • Matt 26:6
    74%

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

  • John 11:23-25
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    23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

    24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

    25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

  • John 6:4
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    4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

  • Mark 11:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

    12 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Luke 7:11
    72%

    11 It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.

  • John 11:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

    12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"

    15 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

  • John 11:41
    70%

    41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

  • Mark 14:12
    69%

    12 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?"

  • Luke 8:54
    69%

    54 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

  • John 2:13
    69%

    13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Matt 14:12
    69%

    12 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

  • Mark 14:17
    69%

    17 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 to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"