John 12:1-11

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Jesus Anointed at Bethany^(A)

12 Six days before the Passover,^(B) Jesus came to Bethany,^(C) where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ²Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,^(D) while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. ³Then Mary took about a pint^[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;^(E) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.^(F) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

⁴But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,^(G) objected, ⁵“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.^[b]” ⁶He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,^(H) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

⁷“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.^(I) ⁸You will always have the poor among you,^[c]^(J) but you will not always have me.”

⁹Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.^(K) ¹⁰So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, ¹¹for on account of him^(L) many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.^(M)

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Footnotes

John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter
John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii
John 12:8 See Deut. 15:11.

Job 16

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Job

16 Then Job replied:

²“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)
³Will your long-winded speeches never end?^(C)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?^(D)
⁴I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head^(E) at you.
⁵But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort^(F) from my lips would bring you relief.^(G)

⁶“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.^(H)
⁷Surely, God, you have worn me out;^(I)
    you have devastated my entire household.^(J)
⁸You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(K) rises up and testifies against me.^(L)
⁹God assails me and tears^(M) me in his anger^(N)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;^(O)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.^(P)
¹⁰People open their mouths^(Q) to jeer at me;^(R)
    they strike my cheek^(S) in scorn
    and unite together against me.^(T)
¹¹God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.^(U)
¹²All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(V)
He has made me his target;^(W)
¹³    his archers surround me.^(X)
Without pity, he pierces^(Y) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
¹⁴Again and again^(Z) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(AA)

¹⁵“I have sewed sackcloth^(AB) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.^(AC)
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(AD)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(AE)
¹⁷yet my hands have been free of violence^(AF)
    and my prayer is pure.^(AG)

¹⁸“Earth, do not cover my blood;^(AH)
    may my cry^(AI) never be laid to rest!^(AJ)
¹⁹Even now my witness^(AK) is in heaven;^(AL)
    my advocate is on high.^(AM)
²⁰My intercessor^(AN) is my friend^[a]^(AO)
    as my eyes pour out^(AP) tears^(AQ) to God;
²¹on behalf of a man he pleads^(AR) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.