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The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. John 1393

39 Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, 52 And not only for the nation, but to gather
the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: together in one the children of God, that were
Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of dispersed.
four days. 53 From that day therefore they devised to
40 Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee, put him to death.
that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of 54 Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly
God? among the Jews; but he went into a country near
41 They took therefore the stone away. And the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem, and
Jesus lifting up his eyes said: Father, I give thee there he abode with his disciples.
thanks that thou hast heard me. 55 And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always; many from the country went up to Jerusalem,
but because of the people who stand about have before the pasch to purify themselves.
I said it, that they may believe that thou hast 56 They sought therefore for Jesus; and they
sent me. discoursed one with another, standing in the
43 When he had said these things, he cried temple: What think you that he is not come
with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. to the festival day? And the chief priests and
44 And presently he that had been dead came Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any
forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands; man knew where he was, he should tell, that they
and his face was bound about with a napkin. might apprehend him.
Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.
45 Many therefore of the Jews, who were come
to Mary and Martha, and had seen the things Chapter 12
that Jesus did, believed in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees, Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came
and told them the things that Jesus had done. to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead,
47 The chief priests therefore, and the Phar- whom Jesus raised to life.
isees, gathered a council, and said: What do we, 2 And they made him a supper there: and
for this man doth many miracles? Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them
48 If we let him alone so, all will believe in that were at table with him.
him; and the Romans will come, and take away 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of
our place and nation. right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the
49 But one of them, named Caiphas, being the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair;
high priest that year, said to them: You know and the house was filled with the odour of the
nothing. ointment.
50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he
for you that one man should die for the people, that was about to betray him, said:
and that the whole nation perish not. 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three
51 And this he spoke not of himself: but being hundred pence, and given to the poor?
the high priest of that year, he prophesied that 6 Now he said this, not because he cared for
Jesus should die for the nation. the poor; but because he was a thief, and hav-