From that day on they plotted to kill him.
But Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but he went away from there to a place near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed, with his disciples. The Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. They were looking for Jesus, and they said to each other as they stood in the temple: What do you think? That he will not come to the festival? But the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform on him, so that they could seize him.
But six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead. So they prepared a supper for him there, and Martha served them, and Lazarus was one of those who dined with him. And Mary brought a measure of ointment of nard, pure and precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was full of the fragrance of ointment. One of his disciples, Judas the Is- cariot, who was about to betray him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? But he said this not because he cared anything about the poor but because he was a thief and, being keeper of the purse, used to make off with what had been put into it. But Jesus said: Let her be, so that this can serve for the day of my burial; for the poor you have always with you, but you do not always have me.
The great populace of the Jews knew that Jesus was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. But the high priests plotted to kill Lazarus also, since many of the Jews were going away because of him, and believed in Jesus.
The next day the great crowd which had come to the festival, hearing that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem, took palm branches and went out to meet him, and they cried: Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, and the King of Israel. And Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, as it is written: Do not fear, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King is coming, riding on the colt of a donkey. His disciples did not understand this at first, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered that these scriptures were for him, and they had done this for him. And the crowd which had been with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness to it. That was why the crowd went to meet him, because they heard that he had performed the miracle. So the Pharisees said to each other: See how little good you are doing. Look, the world has gone after him.
There were some Greeks among those who had gone up to worship at the festival. These approached Philip, from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request, saying: Sir, we wish to see Jesus. Philip went and spoke to Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and spoke to Jesus. Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come for the son of man to be glorified. Truly truly I tell you, when the grain of wheat falls to the ground, unless it dies, it remains only itself, but if it dies it bears a great crop. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it for the life everlasting. If one serves me, let him follow me, and wherever I am, there will my servant also be. If one serves me, my father will honor him. Now my soul is shaken, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But this is why I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from the sky: I have glorified it, and I shall glorify it again. The people who were standing by and heard said it had thundered. Others said: An angel has talked with him. Jesus answered and said: This voice came not for my sake but for yours. Now is the judgment of this world, now the leader of this world will be cast out; and if I am lifted aloft from the earth, I will draw all to myself. This he said, signifying the kind of death he was to die. But the multitude answered him: We heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how is it that you tell us that the son of man must be lifted aloft? Who is this son of man? So Jesus said to them: For a little time yet the light is among you. Walk about while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you; and he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be sons of light.
Jesus said this and went away and was hidden from them. But though he had done all these miracles before them, they did not believe in him, so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Lord, who believed in the rumor of us? And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? This is why they could not believe, because Isaiah said, once more: He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they may not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts and be converted; for me to heal them. Isaiah said this because he knew his glory, and he was talking about him. Even so, many of the chief men believed in him, but they did not admit it because of the Pharisees and for fear of being denied the synagogue, for they cared more for the opinion of men than for the glory of God. But Jesus cried out and said: He who believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me, and he who looks on me looks on him who sent me. As light I came into the world, so that everyone who believes in me may not stay in the dark. And if one hears my words and does not keep them, I will not judge him, for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. He who rejects me and does not accept my words has his judge. The word I have spoken, that will judge him on the last day. Because I did not speak from myself, but the father who sent me himself gave me his co^rnand- ment, what to say and how to talk. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. So what I say is said as my father told me to say it.
41 Before the feast of the Passover Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to his father. He had loved his own people in the world and he loved them to the end. And when supper was served, and the devil had already resolved in his heart that Judas Is- cariot, the son of Simon, should betray him, Jesus, knowing that his father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose up from the supper and laid aside his clothing and took a towel and girt himself with it. Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and dry them on the towel he was girt with. So he came to
Simon Peter. He said to him: Lord, are you washing my feet? Jesus answered and said to him: What I do you do not now know, but you will know it afterwards. Peter said to him: You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: Unless I wash you you have no part in me. Simon Peter said to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head. Jesus said to him: He who is bathed has no need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all over. And you are clean; but not all of you. For he knew his betrayer; that is why he said: Not all of you are clean. So when he had washed their feet and resumed his clothing and taken his place at supper, he said to them again: Do you know what I have done for you? You call me the master and the lord, and what you say is right, for I am. If then I, the master and lord, have washed your feet, you also have the duty of washing each other's feet; for I have given you an example, for you to do as I have done to you. Truly truly I tell you, there is no slave greater than his master or any apostle greater than him who sent him. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. I am not speaking of all of you. I know which ones I chose. But so as to fulfill what is written: He who ate my bread has raised his heel against me. I tell you now before it happens, so that when it happens you will believe that I am I. Truly truly I tell you, he who accepts anyone I send accepts me, and he who accepts me accepts him who sent me.