John 12:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Six days before the Passover festival, Jesus went to Bethany. That is where Lazarus lived, the man Jesus raised from death.

Cross References

Luke 24:50

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

John 12:20

There were some Greeks there too. These were some of the people who went to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover festival.

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover 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 festival.

John 11:1

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

Matthew 21:17

Then Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

John 11:44

The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face. Jesus said to the people, “Take off the cloth and let him go.”

Mark 11:11

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.

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 expensive perfume in an alabaster jar.

John 11:43

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

John 12:9

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

John 12:12

The next day the people in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was coming there. These were the crowds of people who had come to the Passover festival.