Gen Z: John 12
1So, Jesus rolls up to Bethany six days before Passover, where Lazarus, the dude he brought back to life, was chilling.
2They threw a feast for him, and Martha was serving up the vibes; Lazarus was just vibing at the table with him.
3Mary brought a super expensive pound of spikenard ointment, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair; the whole house was lit with that scent.
4Then Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples and Simon's son, was like, "Yo, we gotta talk about this."
5He asked, "Why not sell this ointment for three hundred bucks and help the poor?"
6He said this not 'cause he cared about the poor, but 'cause he was a thief and held the money bag, taking what was in it.
7Jesus was like, "Chill, let her be; she’s saving this for my burial."
8You’ll always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me, fr.
9A lot of Jews knew he was there, and they came not just for Jesus, but to see Lazarus too, the guy who got raised from the dead.
10But the chief priests were plotting to take Lazarus out too; that's savage.
11A bunch of Jews dipped out and started vibing with Jesus, no cap.
12The next day, mad people showed up to the feast, hyped that Jesus was rolling into Jerusalem.
13They grabbed palm branches and went to meet him, yelling, "Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel who rolls in the name of the Lord!"
14Jesus found a young donkey and hopped on it, just like it was written.
15No stress, daughter of Zion: your King is coming, riding on a donkey's colt.
16At first, the disciples were like, "What?" But after Jesus got all the glory, they remembered these vibes were about him.
17The crew that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the grave and brought him back to life were the witnesses.
18That’s why so many people came to see him; they heard about that miracle, and it was bussin.
19The Pharisees were low-key stressing, saying, "Do you see we ain't got no rizz? The whole world is following him!"
20Some Greeks were in the mix, coming to worship at the feast.
21So this dude rolls up to Philip from Bethsaida, like, "Yo, we wanna see Jesus."
22Philip hits up Andrew and they both go tell Jesus, no cap.
23Jesus replied, "The time has come for the Son of Man to pop off."
24For real, I’m telling you, unless a grain of wheat falls and dies, it’s just chillin’ alone; but if it dies, it’s gonna be bussin’ with fruit.
25Whoever loves their life is gonna lose it; but if you hate your life in this world, you’ll keep it for eternal vibes.
26If anyone’s gonna serve me, they gotta follow me; and where I’m at, my crew will be too: my Dad's gonna honor whoever serves me.
27My soul's kinda stressed right now; what should I say? "Dad, save me from this moment?" But I came for this moment, periodt.
28Dad, make Your name lit. Then a voice from heaven dropped, saying, "I’ve made it lit, and I’ll do it again."
29The crowd that heard it was like, "Did that just thunder?" Others were like, "An angel just talked to him."
30Jesus said, "That voice wasn’t for me, it was for you guys."
31Now is the judgment of this world: the prince of this world is about to get canceled.
32And I, if I get lifted up from the earth, I'm gonna pull everyone to me, no cap.
33This he said to show how he was gonna go out, fr.
34The crowd was like, "We heard the law says Christ is forever, so why you saying the Son of man gotta get lifted up? Who even is this Son of man?"
35Then Jesus was like, "Yo, the light's only here for a bit. Walk while you got the light, or else the darkness is gonna hit you: if you're in the dark, you don’t even know where you’re going."
36While you got the light, trust in it, so you can be the children of light. Jesus said this, then dipped and hid from them.
37But even after he did so many miracles, they still didn’t believe, savage.
38So the prophecy of Esaias got fulfilled, like, "Lord, who even believed our message? And who’s seen the Lord's power?"
39They couldn't believe, 'cause Esaias said again,
40He made their eyes blind and their hearts hard; so they wouldn’t see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and be changed, and I could heal them.
41Esaias was all like, "I saw His glory, and had to spill the tea."
42Lowkey, a lot of the big shots believed in Him, but they were sus and didn't wanna flex it 'cause of the Pharisees.
43They were more about getting clout from people than the real deal from God.
44Jesus was like, "If you vibin' with me, you’re really vibin' with the one who sent me."
45And if you catch my vibe, you catch the vibe of the one who sent me.
46I’m the light in this world, so if you believe in me, you won’t be stuck in the dark, fr.
47If you hear my words and still don’t believe, it’s all good; I’m not here to judge, just to save, periodt.
48If you ghost me and don’t vibe with my words, you got a judge: the word I dropped will be the one to judge you later.
49I didn’t come up with this on my own; the Father who sent me gave me the 411 on what to say.
50And I know His command is life forever, so whatever I say is straight from the Father, no cap.