John 12:1

New International Reader's Version

It was six days before the Passover Feast. Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived. Lazarus was the one Jesus had raised from the dead.

Cross References

Matthew 21:17

Then Jesus left the people and went out of the city to Bethany. He spent the night there.

Mark 11:11

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courtyard. He looked around at everything. But it was already late. So he went out to Bethany with the 12 disciples.

Luke 24:50

Jesus led his disciples out to the area near Bethany. Then he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

Luke 7:37

There was a woman in that town who had lived a sinful life. She learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house. So she came there with a special jar of perfume.

John 11:1

A man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

John 11:43

Then Jesus called in a loud voice. He said, “Lazarus, come out!”

John 11:44

The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of linen. A cloth was around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the clothes he was buried in and let him go.”

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast.

John 12:12

The next day the large crowd that had come for the feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

John 12:20

There were some Greeks among the people who went up to worship during the feast.

John 12:9

Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there, so they came. But they did not come only because of Jesus. They also came to see Lazarus. After all, Jesus had raised him from the dead.