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12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
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The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him. They shouted, "Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings on the king of Israel!"
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They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
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Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 Don't be afraid, Daughter Zion. Look! Your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt.
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“Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
16 His disciples didn't understand these things at first. After he was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
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At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
17 The crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were testifying about him.
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Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.
18 That's why the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this miraculous sign that he had done.
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Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.
19 Therefore, the Pharisees said to each other, "See! You've accomplished nothing! Look! The whole world is following him!"
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So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
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