NgokukaJohane 12:1-11

Ngakho kuseyizinsuku eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwePhasika, uJesu wafika eBethaniya, lapho wayekhona uLazaru uJesu amvusa kwabafileyo. Base bemenzela ukudla khona; uMarta wayephaka, kepha uLazaru wayengomunye wababehlezi ekudleni naye. UMariya wayesethatha ilitra* lamafutha enadi* lodwa elinenani elikhulu, wagcoba izinyawo zikaJesu, wesula izinyawo zakhe ngezinwele zakhe; indlu yagcwala iphunga lamafutha. Kepha uJuda Iskariyothe, omunye wabafundi bakhe obezakumkhaphela, wathi: “Yini ukuba lawa mafutha engathengiswanga ngawodenariyu* abangamakhulu amathathu, kwaphiwa abampofu, na?” Washo lokho kungengokuba ekhathalele abampofu, kepha ngokuba eyisela, ephethe isikhwama, eba okufakwa kuso. Ngakho uJesu wathi: “Myeke ukuba awalondolozele usuku lokumbelwa kwami. Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.” Ngakho isixuku esikhulu sabaJuda sezwa ukuthi ulapho. Beza-ke kungengenxa kaJesu kuphela, kepha nokuba babone uLazaru abemvusile kwabafileyo. Kepha abapristi abakhulu benza icebo lokuba babulale noLazaru, ngokuba ngenxa yakhe abaningi babaJuda bamuka bakholwa nguJesu.