one." Martha, the
dead man's sister, said to him, "Master, by this time his body has begun
to decay, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not
tell you that if you only would believe you should see the glory of
God?" So they removed the stone, and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,
"Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. I knew that thou always
dost listen to me, but I spoke for the sake of the people standing near,
that they may believe that thou hast sent me." When he had said this, he
cried in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." Then he who was dead came
forth with his hands and feet wrapped in bandages and his face bound
with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."

Then many of the Jews who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus
did, believed in him.

JESUS PRAISES A WOMAN WHO GAVE HER BEST

While Jesus was at dinner at Bethany in the house of Simon, the
jar-maker, a woman came in with an alabaster jar of pure perfume, which
was very costly. Breaking the jar she poured the perfume over his head.
Some said to each other in indignation, "Why this waste of perfume? It
might have been sold for more than three hundred silver pieces and the
money given to the poor."

But because they found fault with her, Jesus said, "Let her alone, why
do you trouble her? She has done me a beautiful service. The poor are
with you always; to them you can do good whenever you wish, but me you
will not always have. She has done what she could; she has poured oil on
my body beforehand for burial. I tell you, wherever through all the
world the good news is told, this deed of hers will be told in memory of
her."

JESUS EATS THE LAST SUPPER WITH HIS DISCIPLES

Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the high priests
with the intention of betraying Jesus. And when they heard, they
rejoiced, promising to give him money; and he began to look for an
opportunity to betray him.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Jews kill
the lambs that are sacrificed at the Passover Feast, Jesus' disciples
said to him, "Where do you wish us to make ready for your passover
meal?"

[Illustration: _The Last Supper_]

So Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city,
where you will meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him and say
to the owner of whatever house he enters, 'The Master says, Where is my
room in which I may eat the passover me