Section XXXIX.

Section XXXIX.

[1] ²⁶⁵³And Jesus six days before the passover²⁶⁵⁴ came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead.  ²⁶⁵⁵And they made²⁶⁵⁶ a feast for him there:  [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him.  ²⁶⁵⁷And [4] at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ²⁶⁵⁸great 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] ²⁶⁵⁹And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; ²⁶⁶⁰because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus.  ²⁶⁶¹And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, ²⁶⁶²and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; ²⁶⁶³and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair:  and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.  [9, 10] ²⁶⁶⁴But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, ²⁶⁶⁵Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor?  ²⁶⁶⁶This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest [12] was with him, and what was put²⁶⁶⁷ into it he used to bear.  ²⁶⁶⁸And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste?  ²⁶⁶⁹It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it.  ²⁶⁷⁰And they were angry with²⁶⁷¹ Mary.  ²⁶⁷²And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, ²⁶⁷³Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me:  ²⁶⁷⁴for the [15] day of my burial kept she it.  ²⁶⁷⁵At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness:  ²⁶⁷⁶but I am not at all times with you.  ²⁶⁷⁷And for this cause, when she poured²⁶⁷⁸ this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, [17] and anointed my body beforehand.  ²⁶⁷⁹And 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] ²⁶⁸⁰And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem.  ²⁶⁸¹And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives, ²⁶⁸²Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you:  ²⁶⁸³and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and [22] a colt with him,²⁶⁸⁴ which no man ever yet mounted:  loose him, and bring them²⁶⁸⁵ unto me.  ²⁶⁸⁶And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We [23] seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither.  ²⁶⁸⁷All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[24] ²⁶⁸⁸Say 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.

[25] ²⁶⁸⁹And 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 [26] they had done unto him.  ²⁶⁹⁰And when the two disciples went, they found as he had [27] said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them.  ²⁶⁹¹And when they loosed them, [28] their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them?  ²⁶⁹²They said unto them, We seek [29] them for our Lord.  ²⁶⁹³And they let them go.  And they brought the ass and the colt, [30] and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it.  ²⁶⁹⁴And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him:  and others cut branches [31] from the trees, and threw them in the way.  ²⁶⁹⁵And when he neared his²⁶⁹⁶ descent from [Arabic, p. 149] the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with [32] a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; ²⁶⁹⁷and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name [33] of the Lord; ²⁶⁹⁸and blessed²⁶⁹⁹ is the kingdom that cometh, that of²⁷⁰⁰ our father David:  ²⁷⁰¹Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

[34] ²⁷⁰²And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus [35] was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,^{2703 2704}and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise:  Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the [36] King of Israel.  ²⁷⁰⁵Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes [37] said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples.  ²⁷⁰⁶He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] ²⁷⁰⁷And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, ²⁷⁰⁸Would that thou hadst known the things that are²⁷⁰⁹ for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes.  ²⁷¹⁰There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, ²⁷¹¹and shall get possession of²⁷¹² 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.

[42] ²⁷¹³And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, [43] Who is this?  ²⁷¹⁴And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth [44] of Galilee.  ²⁷¹⁵And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called [45] Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead.  ²⁷¹⁶And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.