John 12:1

Easy To Read Version

Six days before the Passover {\cf2\super [189]} festival, Jesus went to Bethany. Bethany is the town where Lazarus lived. (Lazarus is the man Jesus raised from death.)

Cross References

Matthew 21:17

Then Jesus left that place and went out of the city to Bethany. Jesus stayed there that night.

Mark 11:11

Jesus went into Jerusalem and went to the temple. {\cf2\super [142]} Jesus looked at everything in the temple area. But it was already late. So Jesus went to Bethany with the twelve apostles. {\cf2\super [143]}

Luke 24:50

Jesus led his followers out of Jerusalem almost to Bethany. Jesus raised his hands and blessed his followers.

Luke 7:37

There was a sinful woman in that town. She knew that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house. So the woman brought some perfume in an alabaster {\cf2\super [142]} jar.

John 11:1

There was a man named Lazarus who was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany. This is the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

John 11:43

After Jesus said this he called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

John 11:44

The dead man (Lazarus) came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face.

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover {\cf2\super [186]} festival. Many people from the country went to Jerusalem before the Passover. They went to do the special things to make themselves pure \{for the Passover\}.

John 12:12

The next day the people in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was coming there. These were the many people that had come to the Passover {\cf2\super [192]} festival.

John 12:20

There were some Greek people there too. These were some of the people that went to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover {\cf2\super [199]} festival.

John 12:9

Many of the Jews heard that Jesus was in Bethany. So they went there to see Jesus. They also went there to see Lazarus. Lazarus was the one Jesus raised from death.