When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast, many people went up from the countryside to Jerusalem for the special washing that would make them pure before the feast.
And the dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of linen and there was a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courtyard. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went back out to Bethany with the 12 disciples.
In that town there was a woman who had lived a sinful life. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there in Bethany. They came out not just to see him but also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead.