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Dinner and Death Summary of John Chapter 12: Six days before
Passover is going to start, Jesus heads back down to Bethany to
stay with Lazarus and his sisters. They host a dinner party in his
honor. Fancy. After dinner, Mary takes a huge jar of very expensive
perfume and pours it all over Jesus's feet. Then she wipes his feet
with her hair. Guess she couldn't find a towel. Judas suddenly
pipes in: Why is this perfume being wasted like this? They could
have sold it and raised tons of money to give to the poor. Of
course, the gospel tells us, Judas doesn't really care about the
poor. In fact, he is in charge of the money the disciples give to
the poor and steals from this stash all the time. Major jerk alert.
Jesus defends Mary, explaining that she has anointed him with
perfumes because he will be buried soon. Poor Jesus. He died for
the sins of the world and all he got was some lousy perfume. Later,
other people figure out that Jesus is in Bethany, and they start
coming to see him. Everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the guy who
raised Lazarus from the dead. Speaking of Lazarus, the religious
authorities have decided that while they're at it, they're going to
kill him, too. After all, it's kind of his fault that people are so
worked up over Jesus, right? The next day, the people hear that
Jesus has come to Jerusalem for Passover. He just couldn't stay
away. They pull branches from palm trees and yell "Hosanna!" as he
enters city. In Jerusalem, Jesus explains to the people that he's
going to die. And anyway, it's okay. He tells them that a grain of
wheat is just a single grain until it is placed in the earth and
dies  

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