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12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors
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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 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD ! Hail to 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 rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said:
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Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Don’t be afraid, people of Jerusalem. Look, your King is coming, riding 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 at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into his glory, they remembered what had happened and realized that these things had been written about 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 Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it.
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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 was the reason so many went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign.
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Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.
19 Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after 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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