MODERN LITERAL VERSION

12:1 Therefore, Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom was raised from the dead.

12:2 So they made* him a supper there and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who reclined at the meal with him.
12:3 Therefore, Mary took a pound of perfume of precious undiluted nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled from the aroma of the perfume.
12:4 Therefore Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one out of his disciples, who was about to give him up, says,
12:5 Why was this perfume not sold* for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
12:6 Now this he said, not because he cared concerning the poor, but because he was a thief and had the box and bore what was put in it.

12:7 Therefore Jesus said, Allow her, she has kept it *for the day of my burying.
12:8 For* the poor you* always have with you*, but you* do not always have me .

12:9 Therefore, a crowd out of the Jews knew that he was there and they came, not only because of Jesus, but that* they might also see Lazarus, whom he had aroused from the dead.
12:10 But the high-priests counseled that* they might also kill Lazarus;
12:11 that because of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

12:12 A large crowd came to the feast on the next-day when they heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem,
12:13 and they took the limbs of the palm trees and went forth to a meeting up with him and cried out, Hosanna. He who is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed, the King of Israel.
12:14 And Jesus, having found a young-donkey, sat upon it; as it has been written,
12:15 ‘Do not fear, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt.' {Is. 40:9, 62:11, Zech. 9:9}
12:16 (But his disciples did not know these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things to him.)
12:17 Therefore, the crowd that was with him testified when he summoned Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him up from the dead.
12:18 Also because of this, the crowd went and met him, because it heard that he had done this sign.
12:19 Therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, You are viewing that you* profit nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

12:20 Now there were some Greeks from them coming up that* they might worship at the feast;
12:21 therefore these came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee and asked him, saying, Lord, we wish to see Jesus.
12:22 Philip comes and speaks to Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip speak to Jesus.

12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come, that* the Son of Man should be glorified.
12:24 Assuredly, assuredly, I say to you*, If a kernel of grain does not fall into the soil and die, it abides alone by itself, but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.
12:25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to everlasting life.
12:26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, my servant will also be there. And if anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
12:27 Now my soul is disturbed, and what should I say? Father, save me from this hour? But I came to this hour because of this.
12:28 Father, glorify your name .
Therefore, a voice came from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

12:29 Therefore, the crowd that stood there and heard it, said, Thunder has happened.
Others said, A messenger has spoken to him.

12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice has not come* because of me, but because of you*.
12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast outside.
12:32 And if I am exalted out of the earth, I will attract all men to myself.
12:33 But he said this, signifying by what sort of death he was about to die.

12:34 The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever and how do you say, It is essential for the Son of Man to be exalted? Who is this Son of Man?

12:35 Therefore Jesus said to them, The light is still with you* for a little time. Walk while you* have the light, that* darkness might not overtake you* and he who is walking in the darkness does not know where he is going.
12:36 While you* have the light, believe in the light, that* you* might become sons of light.
Jesus spoke these things and he went away and hid himself from them.
12:37 But though he had done so-many signs in front of them, yet they did not believe in him,
12:38 in order that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, ‘Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?' {Is. 53:1}
12:39 Because of this, they were not able to believe, because Isaiah said again,
12:40 ‘He has blinded their eyes and he has hardened their heart; that* they should not see with their eyes and should perceive with their heart and should turn and that* I might heal them.' {Is. 6:9, 10}
12:41 Isaiah said these things, when he saw his glory, and he spoke concerning him.
12:42 Nevertheless many indeed out of the rulers also believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, that* they might not become expelled from the synagogue;
12:43 for* they loved* the glory from men rather than the glory from God.

12:44 And Jesus cried and said, He who believes in me, does not believe in me, but in him who sent me.
12:45 And he who views me views him who sent me.
12:46 I have come like a light into the world, that* everyone who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
12:47 And if anyone hears and does not believe my declarations, I do not judge him; for* I did not come in order that I may judge the world, but in order that I may save the world.
12:48 He who is rejecting me and is not receiving my declarations, has one who judges him; the word that I spoke that will judge him in the last day.
12:49 Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
12:50 And I know that his commandment is everlasting life, because the things which I speak, just-as the Father has said to me, so I speak to you.
{Jn 13:1-20 Thurs. Evening.}