John 12:12-19

The Triumphal Entry

12 The next day ¹the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

13 So they took branches of ²palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ³"Hosanna! Blessed is ⁴he who comes in the name of the Lord, even ⁵the King of Israel!"

14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15 ⁶"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"

16 ⁷His disciples did not understand these things at first, but ⁸when Jesus was glorified, then ⁹they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

17 ¹⁰The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him ¹¹was that they heard he had done this sign.

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, ¹²"You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, ¹³the world has gone after him."