THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

12 Thez next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 they took palm branchesaa and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:

“Hosanna!ab

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LordD,ac —the King of Israel!”ad

14 Jesus found a young donkeyae and sat on it, just as it is written:

15 Do not be afraid,af

Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,

sitting on a donkey’s colt.E,ag

16 His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about himah and that they had done these things to him.

17 Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tombai and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.F 18 This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign. 19 Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”aj

JESUS PREDICTS HIS CRUCIFIXION

20 Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 So they came to Philip,ak who was from Bethsaidaal in Galilee,am and requested of him, “Sir,an we want to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew;ao then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

23 Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Manap to be glorified. 24 Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheataq falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.a 25 The one who loves his life will lose it,b and the one who hatesc his lifed in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servante also will be.f If anyone serves me, the Father will honorg him.

27 “Now my soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save meh from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.”A,i

Then a voicej came from heaven:k “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”l

29 The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

30 Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.m 31 Now is the judgment of this world.n Now the ruler of this worldo will be cast out.p 32 As for me, if I am lifted up* from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”q 33 He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.r

34 Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.s So how can you say, ‘The Son of Mant must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”