John 12:12–34

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

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

“Hosanna!^ab

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord^Dac —the King of Israel!”^ad

¹⁴Jesus found a young donkey^ae and sat on it, just as it is written:

¹⁵Do not be afraid,^af

Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,

sitting on a donkey’s colt.^Eag

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

¹⁷Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb^ai 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. ¹⁹Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”^aj

JESUS PREDICTS HIS CRUCIFIXION

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

²³Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man^ap to be glorified. ²⁴Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat^aq 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 hates^c his life^d in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant^e also will be.^f If anyone serves me, the Father will honor^g him.

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

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

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

³⁰Jesus 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 world^o 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

³⁴Then 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 Man^t must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”