John · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
John 12 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Seis días antes de la Pascua, Jesús fue a Betania, donde estaba Lázaro, a quien Jesús había resucitado de entre los muertos.
1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 Allí le hicieron una cena. Marta servía, y Lázaro era uno de los que estaban sentados a la mesa con Jesús.
2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
3 Entonces María tomó una libra de perfume de nardo puro, de mucho valor, ungió los pies de Jesús y los secó con sus cabellos. Y la casa se llenó del olor del perfume.
3 Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4 Pero Judas Iscariote, hijo de Simón, uno de sus discípulos, el que lo iba a traicionar, dijo:
4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5 ¿Por qué no se vendió este perfume por trescientos denarios y se dio el dinero a los pobres?
5 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
6 Dijo esto, no porque le importaran los pobres, sino porque era ladrón. Como tenía la bolsa del dinero, robaba de lo que se ponía en ella.
6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
7 Entonces Jesús dijo: Déjala. Ella ha guardado esto para el día de mi sepultura.
7 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
8 Porque a los pobres siempre los tendrán con ustedes, pero a mí no siempre me tendrán.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
9 Entonces una gran multitud de los judíos supo que Jesús estaba allí. Fueron, no solo por causa de Jesús, sino también para ver a Lázaro, a quien él había resucitado de entre los muertos.
9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 Pero los principales sacerdotes hicieron planes para matar también a Lázaro,
10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
11 porque por causa de él muchos de los judíos se apartaban de ellos y creían en Jesús.
11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
12 Al día siguiente, mucha gente que había venido a la fiesta oyó que Jesús venía a Jerusalén.
12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Entonces tomaron ramas de palmera y salieron a recibirlo, gritando: ¡Hosanna! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor, el Rey de Israel!
13 they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
14 Jesús encontró un burrito y se sentó sobre él, como está escrito:
14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
15 No temas, hija de Sión. Mira, tu Rey viene, sentado sobre un burrito.
15 “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
16 Al principio, sus discípulos no entendieron estas cosas. Pero cuando Jesús fue glorificado, entonces recordaron que estas cosas estaban escritas acerca de él y que se las habían hecho.
16 His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
17 La gente que estaba con Jesús cuando llamó a Lázaro del sepulcro y lo resucitó de entre los muertos daba testimonio de esto.
17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.
18 Por eso también la multitud salió a recibirlo, porque habían oído que él había hecho esta señal.
18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
19 Entonces los fariseos se dijeron unos a otros: ¿Ven que no logran nada? Miren, el mundo se va tras él.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
20 Entre los que habían subido a adorar durante la fiesta, había algunos griegos.
20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
21 Ellos se acercaron a Felipe, que era de Betsaida de Galilea, y le rogaron: Señor, queremos ver a Jesús.
21 Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
22 Felipe fue y se lo dijo a Andrés. Luego Andrés y Felipe fueron y se lo dijeron a Jesús.
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
23 Jesús les respondió: Ha llegado la hora para que el Hijo del Hombre sea glorificado.
23 Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 De cierto, de cierto les digo que si el grano de trigo no cae en la tierra y muere, queda solo; pero si muere, lleva mucho fruto.
24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 El que ama su vida la perderá; y el que aborrece su vida en este mundo, la guardará para vida eterna.
25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
26 Si alguno me sirve, sígame; y donde yo esté, allí también estará mi servidor. Si alguno me sirve, mi Padre lo honrará.
26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
27 Ahora mi alma está turbada. ¿Y qué diré? ¿Padre, sálvame de esta hora? Pero para esto he llegado a esta hora.
27 “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause.
28 Padre, glorifica tu nombre. Entonces vino una voz del cielo: Lo he glorificado, y lo glorificaré otra vez.
28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
29 La gente que estaba allí y oyó la voz decía que había sido un trueno. Otros decían: Un ángel le ha hablado.
29 Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30 Jesús respondió: Esta voz no vino por causa de mí, sino por causa de ustedes.
30 Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
31 Ahora es el juicio de este mundo. Ahora el príncipe de este mundo será echado fuera.
31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
32 Y yo, cuando sea levantado de la tierra, atraeré a todos a mí mismo.
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
33 Decía esto para indicar de qué muerte iba a morir.
33 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
34 La gente le respondió: Nosotros hemos oído de la Ley que el Cristo permanece para siempre. ¿Cómo dices tú que el Hijo del Hombre debe ser levantado? ¿Quién es este Hijo del Hombre?
34 The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Entonces Jesús les dijo: La luz estará entre ustedes un poco más de tiempo. Caminen mientras tienen la luz, para que no los alcance la oscuridad. El que camina en la oscuridad no sabe a dónde va.
35 Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
36 Mientras tienen la luz, crean en la luz, para que sean hijos de luz. Jesús dijo estas cosas, y luego se fue y se escondió de ellos.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
37 Aunque había hecho tantas señales delante de ellos, no creían en él,
37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
38 para que se cumpliera la palabra del profeta Isaías, que dijo: Señor, ¿quién ha creído nuestro mensaje? ¿Y a quién se ha revelado el brazo del Señor?
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Por eso no podían creer, porque Isaías también dijo:
39 For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:
40 Él ha cegado sus ojos y endurecido su corazón, para que no vean con los ojos, ni entiendan con el corazón, ni se conviertan, y yo los sane.
40 “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
41 Isaías dijo estas cosas porque vio la gloria de Jesús y habló acerca de él.
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
42 Sin embargo, aun entre los gobernantes, muchos creyeron en él; pero por causa de los fariseos no lo confesaban, para no ser expulsados de la sinagoga.
42 Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
43 Porque amaban más la gloria de los hombres que la gloria de Dios.
43 for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
44 Entonces Jesús clamó y dijo: El que cree en mí, no cree solamente en mí, sino en aquel que me envió.
44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
45 Y el que me ve, ve al que me envió.
45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 Yo he venido como luz al mundo, para que todo el que cree en mí no permanezca en oscuridad.
46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
47 Si alguno oye mis palabras y no las guarda, yo no lo juzgo; porque no vine para juzgar al mundo, sino para salvar al mundo.
47 If anyone listens to my sayings and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 El que me rechaza y no recibe mis palabras, tiene quien lo juzgue: la palabra que he hablado, ella lo juzgará en el último día.
48 He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.
49 Porque yo no he hablado por mi propia cuenta. El Padre que me envió me dio mandamiento de lo que debo decir y de lo que debo hablar.
49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 Y sé que su mandamiento es vida eterna. Así que lo que yo hablo, lo hablo tal como el Padre me lo ha dicho.
50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Lazarus
A man of Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, whom Jesus loved and raised from the dead and who was later at table with Him.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 11:5; John 12:1
Places
Bethany
Bethany was Jesus' lodging near Jerusalem during Passion week and the home of Lazarus. Luke sets the Ascension close by.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 12:1; Luke 24:50
Cross references (50)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mark 14:3–8; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; Matthew 21:17; John 11:55
- 2 Luke 22:27; Revelation 3:20; Luke 10:38–42; John 12:9–10; Mark 14:3
- 3 Mark 14:3–9; John 11:2; Luke 10:38–39; Luke 7:37–38; Matthew 26:6–13
- 4 Matthew 10:4; 1 Samuel 17:28–29; John 18:2–5; John 13:2; Luke 6:16
- 5 Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22; Mark 14:4–5; Matthew 26:8–9; Luke 6:41
- 6 John 13:29; Psalm 50:16–20; James 2:6; James 2:2; 2 Kings 5:20–27
- 7 Matthew 26:12; Mark 14:6; Matthew 27:57–60; Matthew 26:10; Mark 15:42–47
- 8 Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7; Matthew 26:11; John 12:35; John 13:33
- 9 Acts 4:14; John 11:43–45; Acts 3:10–11
- 10 Luke 16:31; Genesis 4:4–10; Matthew 2:16; John 11:47–53; Job 40:8–9
- 11 John 11:45; Acts 13:45; James 3:14–16; John 12:18; John 15:18–25
- 12 Mark 11:7–10; Luke 19:35–38; Matthew 21:4–9; John 11:55–56
- 13 Psalm 118:25–26; Revelation 15:3; Luke 19:35–38; Matthew 21:9–11; Revelation 7:9
- 14 Zechariah 9:9; Mark 11:1–7; Matthew 21:1–7; Luke 19:29–35
- 15 Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 62:11; Zephaniah 3:16–17; Isaiah 35:4–5; 2 Samuel 16:2
- 16 John 2:22; John 14:26; John 7:39; John 12:23; Acts 2:36
- 17 1 John 5:9–12; Revelation 1:2; Acts 1:22; John 12:9; Acts 5:32
- 18 John 12:11
- 19 Acts 17:6; Psalm 22:27; Acts 4:16–17; 1 John 2:2; John 3:26
- 20 John 7:35; Isaiah 11:10; Acts 17:4; 1 Kings 8:41–43; Mark 7:26
- 21 Matthew 2:2; Luke 19:2–4; John 14:8–9; John 6:40; Matthew 11:21
- 22 Luke 9:49–50; John 1:40–41; Mark 10:13–14; John 6:8; Matthew 10:5
- 23 John 13:31–32; John 17:1–5; Mark 14:41; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Isaiah 49:5–6
- 24 1 Corinthians 15:36–38; Hebrews 2:9–10; Isaiah 53:10–12; John 12:32–33; Psalm 72:16
- 25 Matthew 10:39; Luke 9:23–24; Mark 8:35; Luke 17:33; Matthew 16:25
- 26 Colossians 3:24; Galatians 1:10; 1 Samuel 2:30; John 10:27; John 17:24
- 27 John 12:23; Isaiah 38:15; Hebrews 5:7; Mark 14:33–36; Matthew 26:42
- 28 John 13:31–32; Matthew 26:42; Revelation 5:9–14; John 11:40–44; Isaiah 49:3–7
- 29 Job 37:2–5; Revelation 6:1; Revelation 14:2; Exodus 19:16; Ezekiel 10:5
- 30 John 11:42; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 11:15; John 5:34
- 31 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 5:19; John 14:30; Ephesians 6:12
- 32 John 3:14; John 8:28; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:2; John 1:7
- 33 John 18:32; John 21:19
- 34 Ezekiel 37:24–25; Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 110:4; Daniel 2:44
- 35 John 12:46; John 16:16; Ephesians 5:8; 1 John 1:6–7; John 8:12
- 36 Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; John 8:59; Luke 16:8; John 1:7
- 37 Luke 16:31; John 1:11; John 15:24; Matthew 11:20; John 11:42
- 38 Isaiah 53:1; Romans 10:16; Romans 10:20; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 4:3–6
- 39 John 5:44; Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Peter 2:14; John 10:38; John 6:44
- 40 Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:13–15; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:12; Isaiah 57:18–19
- 41 Isaiah 6:1–5; John 1:14; Isaiah 6:9–10; John 1:18; John 5:39
- 42 John 7:13; Isaiah 51:7; John 9:22; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 10:32
- 43 John 5:44; Matthew 23:5–7; John 5:41; Luke 16:15; 2 Corinthians 10:18
- 44 Matthew 10:40; John 5:24; John 13:20; Mark 9:37; John 7:28
- 45 John 14:9–10; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; John 12:41
- 46 John 8:12; Psalm 36:9; John 9:5; Isaiah 42:7; John 12:35–36
- 47 John 3:17; John 12:48; John 8:15–16; 1 Timothy 1:15–16; 1 John 4:14
- 48 Luke 10:16; Hebrews 9:27–28; Romans 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; John 3:17–20
- 49 John 14:10; John 8:26; John 5:30; John 17:8; Deuteronomy 18:18
- 50 John 17:3; John 6:68; 1 John 5:20; John 6:63; 1 Timothy 1:16
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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