Section XXXIX

Section XXXIX.

[1]And Jesus six days before the passover[2] came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among the dead. [3]And they made[4] a feast for him there: and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. [5]And at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, [6]great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but [Arabic, p. 147] that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. [5, 6] [7]And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; [8]because many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. [9]And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, [10]and opened it, and poured it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; [11]and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. [9, 10] [12]But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, [13]Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? [14]This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest was with him, and what was put[15] into it he used to bear. [16]And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment to waste? [17]It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given it. [18]And they were angry with[19] Mary. [20]And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, [21]Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me: [22]for the day of my burial kept she it. [23]At all times the poor are with you, and when ye wish ye can do them a kindness: [24]but I am not at all times with you. [25]And for this cause, when she poured[26] this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, and anointed my body beforehand. [27]And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

[18, 19] [Arabic, p. 148] [28]And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. [29]And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is called the mount of Olives, [30]Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go into this village that is opposite you: [31]and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with him,[32] which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them[33] unto me. [34]And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. [35]All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[36]Say ye unto the daughter of Zion,

Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an ass,

And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

[37]And the disciples did not know this at that time: but after that Jesus was glorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that this they had done unto him. [38]And when the two disciples went, they found as he had said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them. [39]And when they loosed them, their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them? [40]They said unto them, We seek them for our Lord. [41]And they let them go. And they brought the ass and the colt, and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it. [42]And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him: and others cut branches from the trees, and threw them in the way. [43]And when he neared his[44] descent from [Arabic, p. 149] the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; [45]and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; [46]and blessed[47] is the kingdom that cometh, that of[48] our father David: [49]Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

[50]And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,[51][52]and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. [53]Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples. [54]He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] [55]And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, [56]Would that thou hadst known the things that are[57] for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is hidden from thine eyes. [58]There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, [59]and shall get possession of[60] thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

[61]And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, Who is this? [62]And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth of Galilee. [63]And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead. [64]And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.