011:051 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 011:052 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 011:053 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death. 011:054 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples. 011:055 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 011:056 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?" 011:057 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him. 012:001 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 012:002 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. 012:003 Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams} 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. 012:004 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, 012:005 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?" 012:006 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. 012:007 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. 012:008 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me." 012:009 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 012:010 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also, 012:011 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. 012:012 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 012:013 they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."}! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,{Psalm 118:25-26} the King of Israel!"