John 12:12–34

The Triumphal Entry

Matt. 21:1–9; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–38

^12kThe next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:

“Hosanna!

^l‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’

The King of Israel!”

^14mThen Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

¹⁵“Fear ⁿnot, daughter of Zion;

Behold, your King is coming,

Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

^16oHis disciples did not understand these things at first; ^pbut when Jesus was glorified, ^qthen they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

¹⁷Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. ^18rFor this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, ^s“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

²⁰Now there ^twere certain Greeks among those ^uwho came up to worship at the feast. ²¹Then they came to Philip, ^vwho was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

²²Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

The Messiah Teaches

²³But Jesus answered them, saying, ^w“The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. ²⁴Most assuredly, I say to you, ^xunless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much ⁴grain. ^25yHe who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶If anyone serves Me, let him ^zfollow Me; and ^awhere I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

^27b“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? ^cBut for this purpose I came to this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify Your name.”

^dThen a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

²⁹Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

³⁰Jesus answered and said, ^e“This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. ³¹Now is the judgment of this world; now ^fthe ruler of this world will be cast out. ³²And I, ^gif I am ⁵lifted up from the earth, will draw ^hall peoples to Myself.” ³³ⁱThis He said, signifying by what death He would die.

³⁴The people answered Him, ^j“We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”