John 12:1-8

Bible Text

[1] Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. [2] So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. [3] Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. [4] Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, [5] "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?" [6] Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it. [7] But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. [8] For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."

Bethany was a village east of Jerusalem, near the Mount of Olives, where Jesus stayed with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary before Passover. Jerusalem, including Zion as its biblical name, was the city where Jesus would soon suffer; Galilee was his northern home region, mentioned as the source of disciples such as Judas.

Places in this passage

John 12:1-8 mentions Bethany, Galilee, Jerusalem and Zion.

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