Jesus to Jerusalem a comparative bible study

 

            Here is a comparative bible study starting where Jesus says “see we are going to Jerusalem” in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, which all have rather similar accounts of this journey and the first events after, but there are differences, too. This is where Jesus heads to Jerusalem for the final time to fulfill His big purpose, which is to give His life as a ransom for ANY who call Him Lord. I am also including John chapters 11 and 12 in this bible study for contrast which occur at approximately the same period. You will see the different things included and the different order, as well. It makes for good discussion in bible study to talk about the similarities and the differences in the accounts in the gospels.

Here is the account of the journey to Jerusalem in the gospel of Matthew

(Matthew 20:18)  "See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death

 

(Matthew 20:19)  and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."

 

(Matthew 20:20)  Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.

 

(Matthew 20:21)  And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

 

(Matthew 20:22)  Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

 

(Matthew 20:23)  He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

 

(Matthew 20:24)  And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

 

(Matthew 20:25)  But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

 

(Matthew 20:26)  It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

 

(Matthew 20:27)  and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

 

(Matthew 20:28)  even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

 

(Matthew 20:29)  And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

 

(Matthew 20:30)  And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

 

(Matthew 20:31)  The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

 

(Matthew 20:32)  And stopping, Jesus called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

 

(Matthew 20:33)  They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."

 

(Matthew 20:34)  And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

 

(Matthew 21:1)  Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

 

(Matthew 21:2)  saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

 

(Matthew 21:3)  If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."

 

(Matthew 21:4)  This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

 

(Matthew 21:5)  "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"

 

(Matthew 21:6)  The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

 

(Matthew 21:7)  They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

 

(Matthew 21:8)  Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

 

(Matthew 21:9)  And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

 

(Matthew 21:10)  And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

 

(Matthew 21:11)  And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

 

(Matthew 21:12)  And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

 

(Matthew 21:13)  He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."

 

(Matthew 21:14)  And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

 

(Matthew 21:15)  But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant,

 

(Matthew 21:16)  and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"

 

(Matthew 21:17)  And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

 

(Matthew 21:18)  In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry.

 

(Matthew 21:19)  And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.

 

(Matthew 21:20)  When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

 

(Matthew 21:21)  And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

 

(Matthew 21:22)  And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

 

(Matthew 21:23)  And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

 

(Matthew 21:24)  Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

 

(Matthew 21:25)  The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

 

(Matthew 21:26)  But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

 

(Matthew 21:27)  So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

 

(Matthew21:28)  "What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

 

(Matthew 21:29)  And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.

 

(Matthew 21:30)  And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, 'I go, sir,' but did not go.

 

(Matthew 21:31)  Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.

 

(Matthew 21:32)  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

 

(Matthew 21:33)  "Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

 

(Matthew 21:34)  When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

 

(Matthew 21:35)  And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

 

(Matthew 21:36)  Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.

 

(Matthew 21:37)  Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

 

(Matthew 21:38)  But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.'

 

(Matthew 21:39)  And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

 

(Matthew 21:40)  When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

 

(Matthew 21:41)  They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."

 

(Matthew 21:42)  Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

 

(Matthew 21:43)  Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.

 

(Matthew 21:44)  And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

 

(Matthew 21:45)  When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

 

(Matthew 21:46)  And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

 

Here is the account of the journey in the gospel of Mark

(Mark 10:33)  saying, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

 

(Mark 10:34)  And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."

 

(Mark 10:35)  And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."

 

(Mark 10:36)  And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

 

(Mark 10:37)  And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."

 

(Mark 10:38)  Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"

 

(Mark 10:39)  And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized,

 

(Mark 10:40)  but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

 

(Mark 10:41)  And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

 

(Mark 10:42)  And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

 

(Mark 10:43)  But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

 

(Mark 10:44)  and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

 

(Mark 10:45)  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

 

(Mark 10:46)  And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

 

(Mark 10:47)  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Mark 10:48)  And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Mark 10:49)  And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart. Get up; he is calling you."

 

(Mark 10:50)  And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.

 

(Mark 10:51)  And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabbi, let me recover my sight."

 

(Mark 10:52)  And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

 

(Mark 11:1)  Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

 

(Mark 11:2)  and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

 

(Mark 11:3)  If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"

 

(Mark 11:4)  And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

 

(Mark 11:5)  And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

 

(Mark 11:6)  And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go.

 

(Mark 11:7)  And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

 

(Mark 11:8)  And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

 

(Mark 11:9)  And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

 

(Mark 11:10)  Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

 

(Mark 11:11)  And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

 

(Mark 11:12)  On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

 

(Mark 11:13)  And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

 

(Mark 11:14)  And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

 

(Mark 11:15)  And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

 

(Mark 11:16)  And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

 

(Mark 11:17)  And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

 

(Mark 11:18)  And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

 

(Mark 11:19)  And when evening came they went out of the city.

 

(Mark 11:20)  As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

 

(Mark 11:21)  And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

 

(Mark 11:22)  And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

 

(Mark 11:23)  Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

 

(Mark 11:24)  Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

 

(Mark 11:25)  And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

 

(Mark 11:26)  [But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.]

 

(Mark 11:27)  And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

 

(Mark 11:28)  and they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?"

 

(Mark 11:29)  Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

 

(Mark 11:30)  Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me."

 

(Mark 11:31)  And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

 

(Mark 11:32)  But shall we say, 'From man'?"--they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.

 

(Mark 11:33)  So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

 

Here is this account in the gospel of Luke

(Luke 18:31)  And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

 

(Luke 18:32)  For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

 

(Luke 18:33)  And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."

 

(Luke 18:34)  But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

 

(Luke 18:35)  As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

 

(Luke 18:36)  And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

 

(Luke 18:37)  They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

 

(Luke 18:38)  And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Luke 18:39)  And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Luke 18:40)  And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,

 

(Luke 18:41)  "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me recover my sight."

 

(Luke 18:42)  And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; your faith has made you well."

 

(Luke 18:43)  And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

 

(Luke 19:1)  He entered Jericho and was passing through.

 

(Luke 19:2)  And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.

 

(Luke 19:3)  And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature.

 

(Luke 19:4)  So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

 

(Luke 19:5)  And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today."

 

(Luke 19:6)  So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.

 

(Luke 19:7)  And when they saw it, they all grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

 

(Luke 19:8)  And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."

 

(Luke 19:9)  And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

 

(Luke 19:10)  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

 

(Luke 19:11)  As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

 

(Luke 19:12)  He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

 

(Luke 19:13)  Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Engage in business until I come.'

 

(Luke 19:14)  But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

 

(Luke 19:15)  When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

 

(Luke 19:16)  The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.'

 

(Luke 19:17)  And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

 

(Luke 19:18)  And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made five minas.'

 

(Luke 19:19)  And he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

 

(Luke 19:20)  Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;

 

(Luke 19:21)  for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

 

(Luke 19:22)  He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

 

(Luke 19:23)  Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'

 

(Luke 19:24)  And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.'

 

(Luke 19:25)  And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

 

(Luke 19:26)  'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

 

(Luke 19:27)  But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"

 

(Luke 19:28)  And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

 

(Luke 19:29)  When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

 

(Luke 19:30)  saying, "Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

 

(Luke 19:31)  If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"

 

(Luke 19:32)  So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

 

(Luke 19:33)  And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

 

(Luke 19:34)  And they said, "The Lord has need of it."

 

(Luke 19:35)  And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

 

(Luke 19:36)  And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

 

(Luke 19:37)  As he was drawing near--already on the way down the Mount of Olives--the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

 

(Luke 19:38)  saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

 

(Luke 19:39)  And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."

 

(Luke 19:40)  He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."

 

(Luke 19:41)  And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

 

(Luke 19:42)  saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

 

(Luke 19:43)  For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side

 

(Luke 19:44)  and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

 

(Luk 19:45)  And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

 

(Luke 19:46)  saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."

 

(Luke 19:47)  And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

 

(Luke 19:48)  but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

 

And now last but not least here is an account of the similar time period in gospel of John chapters 11 and 12 with the raising of Lazarus from the dead and the other items that the gospel of John presents, which is rather different than the accounts in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke which are all somewhat similar to each other having some differences.

(John 11:1)  Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

 

(John 11:2)  It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

 

(John 11:3)  So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."

 

(John 11:4)  But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

 

(John 11:5)  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

 

(John 11:6)  So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

 

(John 11:7)  Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

 

(John 11:8)  The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?"

 

(John 11:9)  Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

 

(John 11:10)  But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

 

(John 11:11)  After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him."

 

(John 11:12)  The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

 

(John 11:13)  Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

 

(John 11:14)  Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

 

(John 11:15)  and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

 

(John 11:16)  So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

 

(John 11:17)  Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

 

(John 11:18)  Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

 

(John 11:19)  and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

 

(John 11:20)  So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

 

(John 11:21)  Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

 

(John 11:22)  But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you."

 

(John 11:23)  Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

 

(John 11:24)  Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

 

(John 11:25)  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

 

(John 11:26)  and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

 

(John 11:27)  She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."

 

(Joh 11:28)  When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

 

(John 11:29)  And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

 

(John 11:30)  Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

 

(John 11:31)  When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

 

(John 11:32)  Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

 

(John 11:33)  When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

 

(John 11:34)  And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."

 

(John 11:35)  Jesus wept.

 

(John 11:36)  So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"

 

(John 11:37)  But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?"

 

(John 11:38)  Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

 

(John 11:39)  Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days."

 

(John 11:40)  Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"

 

(John 11:41)  So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

 

(John 11:42)  I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me."

 

(John 11:43)  When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

 

(John 11:44)  The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

 

(John 11:45)  Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,

 

(John 11:46)  but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

 

(John 11:47)  So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

 

(John 11:48)  If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

 

(John 11:49)  But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.

 

(John 11:50)  Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish."

 

(John 11:51)  He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

 

(John 11:52)  and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

 

(John 11:53)  So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.

 

(John 11:54)  Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

 

(John 11:55)  Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.

 

(John 11:56)  They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?"

 

(John 11:57)  Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

 

(John 12:1)  Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

 

(John 12:2)  So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.

 

(John 12:3)  Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

 

(John 12:4)  But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said,

 

(John 12:5)  "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

 

(John 12:6)  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

 

(John 12:7)  Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

 

(John 12:8)  For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."

 

(John 12:9)  When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

 

(John 12:10)  So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,

 

(John 12:11)  because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

 

(John 12:12)  The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

 

(John 12:13)  So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

 

(John 12:14)  And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

 

(John 12:15)  "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"

 

(John 12:16)  His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

 

(John 12:17)  The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

 

(John 12:18)  The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.

 

(John 12:19)  So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."

 

(John 12:20)  Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.

 

(John 12:21)  So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

 

(John 12:22)  Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

 

(John 12:23)  And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

 

(John 12:24)  Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

 

(John 12:25)  Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

 

(John 12:26)  If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

 

(John 12:27)  "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

 

(John 12:28)  Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

 

(John 12:29)  The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

 

(John 12:30)  Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

 

(John 12:31)  Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

 

(John 12:32)  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."

 

(John 12:33)  He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

 

(John 12:34)  So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

 

(John 12:35)  So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

 

(John 12:36)  While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

 

(John 12:37)  Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,

 

(John 12:38)  so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

 

(John 12:39)  Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

 

(John 12:40)  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

 

(John 12:41)  Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

 

(John 12:42)  Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;

 

(John 12:43)  for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

 

(John 12:44)  And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

 

(John 12:45)  And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

 

(John 12:46)  I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

 

(John 12:47)  If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

 

(John 12:48)  The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

 

(John 12:49)  For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment--what to say and what to speak.

 

(John 12:50)  And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

 

After settling in the Pharisees tried to trip Jesus up in His answers  by asking Him various different questions but Jesus foiled them in that and gave some brilliant answers (see Matthew 22,23, Mark 12, and Luke 20) then He gave His disciples and others some very powerful end times teachings (Matthew 24, 25, Mark 13, Luke 21)

Here is a bible study of all the teachings that He did while in Jerusalem at this link  https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-to-jerusalem-bible-study/247329345409874

here is a link to a bible study with Jesus’ end times teachings

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-end-times-bible-study/10200553457612498

Most importantly of all Jesus came to there to offer His life as a ransom to many, covering sins in His blood that He shed willingly and lovingly on the cross so that people could have eternal life. Here are the passion narratives. Here is Matthew and Mark

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/passion-of-christ-comparative-bible-study-gospels-of-matthew-and-mark/10200658388195697

Luke and John’s account

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/passion-of-christ-comparative-bible-study-gospels-of-luke-and-john/10200659962555055

And as Jesus promised He rose from the dead on the third day, and here is that comparative bible study

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-is-risen-bible-study/10200661949284722

Like I said Jesus willingly and lovingly went through all that He did to redeem us from sin so that we could have eternal life with Him in Heaven that is those who repent of our sins and name Jesus as the Lord of their lives, in so doing accepting this gift that God so lovingly gave us. It is NOT something that we can earn by good works either alone. Jesus is eager to begin or restart a relationship with you, so I am now including a prayer which you can pray which will indeed invite Jesus in your hearts and enable you to start a wonderful relationship with Him like there is no other relationship in the world that can be compared to it, or return to the relationship if you have drifted away. He welcomes people back, too. Please do pray this prayer with me

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours