Saturday 10 September 2011

For Oct 4, 2011

Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.

John 12:1~11 Mary Anoints Jesus (also in Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9) At Bethany

1 Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there.

3 Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume [a] and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house. 4A disciple named Judas Iscariot [b] was there. He was the one who was going to betray Jesus, and he asked, 5"Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" 6 Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.

7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone! She has kept this perfume for the day of my burial. 8You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me."

A Plot To Kill Lazarus

9 A lot of people came when they heard that Jesus was there. They also wanted to see Lazarus, because Jesus had raised him from death. 10So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus. 11He was the reason that many of the Jewish leaders were turning from them and putting their faith in Jesus.

Footnotes:

a.John 12:3 very expensive bottle of perfume: The Greek text has " expensive perfume made of pure spikenard," a plant used to make perfume.
b.John 12:4 Iscariot: See the note at 6.71.

約 翰 福 音 12:1~11

1 逾 越 節 前 六 日 , 耶 穌 來 到 伯 大 尼 , 就 是 他 叫 拉 撒 路 從 死 裡 復 活 之 處 。 2 有 人 在 那 裡 給 耶 穌 預 備 筵 席 ; 馬 大 伺 候 , 拉 撒 路 也 在 那 同 耶 穌 坐 席 的 人 中 。 3 馬 利 亞 就 拿 著 一 斤 極 貴 的 真 哪 噠 香 膏 , 抹 耶 穌 的 腳 , 又 用 自 己 頭 髮 去 擦 , 屋 裡 就 滿 了 膏 的 香 氣 。

4 有 一 個 門 徒 , 就 是 那 將 要 賣 耶 穌 的 加 略 人 猶 大 , 5 說 : 這 香 膏 為 甚 麼 不 賣 三 十 兩 銀 子 賙 濟 窮 人 呢 ? 6 他 說 這 話 , 並 不 是 掛 念 窮 人 , 乃 因 他 是 個 賊 , 又 帶 著 錢 囊 , 常 取 其 中 所 存 的 。

7 耶 穌 說 : 由 他 罷 ! 他 是 為 我 安 葬 之 日 存 留 的 。 8 因 為 常 有 窮 人 和 你 們 同 在 , 只 是 你 們 不 常 有 我 。

9 有 許 多 猶 太 人 知 道 耶 穌 在 那 裡 , 就 來 了 , 不 但 是 為 耶 穌 的 緣 故 , 也 是 要 看 他 從 死 裡 所 復 活 的 拉 撒 路 。 10 但 祭 司 長 商 議 連 拉 撒 路 也 要 殺 了 ; 11 因 有 好 些 猶 太 人 為 拉 撒 路 的 緣 故 , 回 去 信 了 耶 穌 。

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