1 Seis dias antes do começo das cerimónias da Páscoa, Jesus chegou a Betânia, onde morava Lázaro, a quem tornara a dar vida.

2 Fizeram um jantar em honra de Jesus; Marta servia à mesa e Lázaro estava ali sentado com ele. Então Maria pegou num vaso de perfume caro feito de essência de nardo e deitou-o sobre os pés de Jesus, enxugando-os com o cabelo; toda a casa se encheu daquele belo cheiro.

4 Mas Judas Iscariotes, um dos discípulos, aquele que o iria trair, comentou:

5 Este perfume valia uma fortuna. Melhor teria sido vendê-lo e dar o dinheiro aos pobres.

6 Falava assim, não porque se preocupasse com os pobres, mas porque estava encarregado do dinheiro dos discípulos e costumava servir-se dele em seu benefício próprio.

7 Jesus respondeu-lhe: Deixem-na. Ela fez isto como preparação para a minha morte.

8 Sempre terão pobres para lhes valer, mas eu não estarei convosco muito mais tempo.

9 Quando o povo de Jerusalém soube da sua chegada, acorreu a vê-lo, a ele e a Lázaro, o ressuscitado. Então os principais sacerdotes decidiram matar Lázaro também, pois fora por causa dele que muitos judeus o tinham seguido, crendo ser Jesus o seu Messias.

12 No dia seguinte, a notícia de que Jesus ia a caminho de Jerusalém espalhou-se pela cidade, e uma multidão enorme de gente de fora que tinha ido para celebrar a Páscoa pegou em ramos de palmeira, veio ao seu encontro e seguiu pela estrada adiante, gritando: Glória a Deus! Bendito o rei de Israel, que vem em nome do Senhor!

16 Naquela altura, os discípulos não compreenderam que era o cumprimento duma profecia. Somente depois de Jesus ter voltado para a sua glória no céu é que repararam no cumprimento das profecias das Escrituras a seu respeito.

17 E aqueles dentre a multidão que tinham visto Jesus chamar Lázaro de novo à vida contavam o caso aos restantes. Foi esse o principal motivo que levou tantos a saírem ao seu encontro, por terem ouvido falar neste grandioso milagre.

19 Os fariseus disseram entre si: Perdemos! Olhem como todo o povo vai atrás dele!

20 Alguns dos gregos que tinham ido a Jerusalém para assistir à Páscoa vieram ter com Filipe, que era de Betsaida da Galileia, e pediram: Nós queríamos conhecer Jesus! Filipe falou neste pedido a André, e foram juntos ter com Jesus.

23 Jesus esclareceu que chegara a hora de voltar para a sua glória no céu e acrescentou:

24 A verdade é esta: se um grão de trigo, ao cair na terra, não morrer, ficará somente uma semente isolada. Mas se morrer, ele produzirá muitos grãos.

25 Quem amar a sua vida irá perdê-la, enquanto quem desprezar a sua vida neste mundo irá guardá-la para a vida eterna.

26 Se alguém quer ser meu discípulo, que venha e me siga, pois os meus servos deverão estar onde eu estiver. E, se me seguirem, o Pai os honrará.

27 Agora a minha alma está perturbada. Deverei eu orar para que o Pai me livre do que me espera? Mas se foi para isso mesmo que vim!

28 Pai, traz honra ao teu nome!E ouviu-se uma voz vinda do céu que disse: Já o honrei, e glorificá-lo-ei outra vez.

29 Quando a multidão ouviu a voz, alguns julgaram que fosse um trovão, enquanto que outros afirmavam que um anjo lhe tinha falado.

30 Jesus explicou-lhes: A voz que ouviram foi para vosso bem e não para o meu.

31 Chegou a hora de o mundo ser julgado, e a hora também em que o príncipe deste mundo será expulso.

32 E quando eu for erguido da terra atrairei todos a mim.

33 Disse isto indicando a maneira como ia morrer.

34 A multidão perguntou: A lei ensina-nos que o Messias vive para todo o sempre. Porque dizes que ele deverá ser levantado? De quem falas tu?

35 Jesus respondeu: A minha luz brilhará para vocês mais algum tempo ainda. Caminhem enquanto têm a luz, para que as trevas não vos apanhem; quem anda nas trevas não sabe para onde vai.

36 Acreditem na luz enquanto ainda há tempo; então tornar-se-ão filhos da luz. Depois de dizer estas coisas, Jesus retirou-se e ocultou-se da vista das pessoas.

41 Isaías, ao fazer esta revelação, referia-se a Jesus, pois tinha tido uma visão da sua glória.

42 Por outro lado, mesmo muitos dos chefes judeus acreditavam nele, sem contudo o confessarem, receosos de que os fariseus os expulsassem da sinagoga, porquanto davam mais apreço ao louvor dos homens do que ao louvor a Deus.

44 Jesus clamou à multidão: Quem crê em mim crê naquele que me enviou. E quem me vê a mim vê aquele que me enviou. Vim como a luz que veio ao mundo para que todo o que crê em mim não fique nas trevas.

48 Se alguém ouvir as minhas palavras e não crer, não sou eu quem o julga, pois vim para salvar o mundo e não para o julgar. Mas todos quantos me rejeitam, a mim e as minhas palavras, serão julgados no dia do julgamento pelas próprias palavras que lhes falei. Porque o que tenho falado não é de mim mesmo; apenas vos disse o que o Pai me mandou que vos comunicasse. Os seus preceitos conduzem à vida eterna; por isso digo tudo o que ele me manda dizer.

1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came unto Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from among the dead.

2 So they made for him a supper, there; and, Martha, was ministering, but, Lazarus, was one of them who were reclining with him.

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

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he that was about to deliver him up, saith

5 Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute?

6 Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.

7 Jesus, therefore, saidLet her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it;

8 For, the destitute, always, have ye with you, whereas, me, not always, have ye.

9 The great multitude of the Jews, therefore, got to know that he was, there, and came, not on account of Jesus only, but that, Lazarus also, they might see, whom he had raised from among the dead.

10 But the High-priests took counsel, that Lazarus also, they might put to death;

11 because, many of the Jews, by reason of him, were withdrawing, and believing on Jesus.

12 On the morrow, the great multitude that had come unto the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and began crying aloudHosanna! Blessed is he that is coming in the name of the Lord,even the King of Israel!

14 And Jesus, finding a young ass, took his seat thereon, just as it is written

15 Do not fear, O daughter of Zion! Lo! thy king, cometh, sitting upon the colt of an ass.

16 These things, his disciples noticed not, at the first; but, when Jesus was glorified, then, remembered they that, these things, had, for him, been written,and that, these things, they had done unto him.

17 The multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called, Lazarus, out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead, was bearing witness.

18 On this account, the multitude met him also, because they heard that he had done, this sign.

19 the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselvesYe observe that ye are profiting nothing: See! the world, after him, hath gone away.

20 Now there were certain Greeks, from among them who were coming up that they might worship in the feast.

21 These, therefore, came unto Philip, him who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,and were requesting him, sayingSir! We desire to see, Jesus.

22 Philip cometh, and telleth Andrew: Andrew and Philip come, and tell Jesus.

23 But, Jesus, answereth them, sayingThe hour hath come, that the Son of Man should be glorified!

24 Verily! Verily, I say unto you: Except, the kernel of wheat, shall fall into the ground, and die, it, alone, abideth; but, if it die, much fruit, it beareth.

25 He that loveth his life, loseth it; but, he that hateth his life, in this world, unto life age-abiding, shall guard it.

26 If, with me, anyone be ministering, with me, let him be following; and, where, I, am, there, my minister also, shall be. If anyone, with me, be ministering, the Father, will honour him.

27 Now, is my soul troubled,and what can I say? Father! save me from this hour? But, on this account, came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name!

28 There came, therefore, a voice out of heavenI both have glorified it, and will glorify it again.

29 So , the multitude that was standing by, and heard it, were sayingIt hath, thundered. Others, were sayingA messenger, unto him, hath spoken.

30 Jesus answered, and saidNot for my sake, hath this voice come, but, for your sake.

31 Now, is there, a judging, of this world,Now, the ruler of this world, shall be cast out;

32 And, I, if I be lifted up out of the earth, will draw, all, unto myself.

33 But, this, he was saying, signifying, by what manner of death, he was about to die.

34 The multitude, therefore, answered himWe, have heard, out of the law, that, the Christ, abideth evermore; How then dost, thou, say,It behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

35 Jesus, therefore, said unto themYet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.

36 While, the light, ye have, believe on the light, that, sons of light, ye may become. These things, spake Jesus,and, departing, was hid from them.

37 And, although such signs, as these, he had done before them, they were not believing on him:

38 that, the word of Isaiah the prophet, might be fulfilled, which saidLord! who believed, what we have heard? And, the arm of the Lord, to whom, was it revealed?

39 On this account, they could not believe, because, again, said Isaiah

40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and should understand with their heart, and should turn,and I should heal them.

41 These things, said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spake concerning him.

42 Nevertheless, however, even from among the rulers, many believed on him; but, because of the Pharisees, they were not confessing him, lest, excommunicants from the synagogue, they should be made;

43 for they loved the glory of men, more than the glory of God.

44 And, Jesus, cried aloud, and saidHe that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me;

45 And, he that vieweth me, vieweth him that sent me.

46 I, a light, into the world have come, that, no one who believeth on me, in darkness, should abide.

47 And, if anyone shall hearken unto my sayings, and not guard them, I, am not judging him; for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

48 He that setteth me aside, and receiveth not my sayings, hath that which is to judge him: The word that I spake, that, will judge him, in the last day.

49 Because, I, out of myself, spake not, but, the Father who sent me, hath, himself, given me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that, his commandment, is, life age-abiding; The things, therefore, which I speak, just as the Father hath told me, so, I speak.