John 12:8-18

8 "¹For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

9 The ²large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ³whom He raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

11 because ⁴on account of him ⁵many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

12 On the next day ⁶the large crowd who had come to ⁷the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "⁸Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the ⁹King of Israel."

14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

15 "¹⁰FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

16 ¹¹These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ¹²was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

17 So ¹³the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

18 ¹⁴For this reason also the people went and met Him, ¹⁵because they heard that He had performed this sign.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 15:11; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7
• 2. Mark 12:37; John 12:12 mg
• 3. John 11:43; John 12:1, 17
• 4. John 11:45; John 12:18
• 5. John 7:31; John 11:42
• 6. John 12:12-15: {Matthew 21:4-9; Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38}
• 7. John 12:1
• 8. Psalms 118:26
• 9. John 1:49
• 10. Zechariah 9:9
• 11. Mark 9:32; John 2:22; John 14:26
• 12. John 7:39; John 12:23
• 13. John 11:42
• 14. Luke 19:37; John 12:12
• 15. John 12:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "crowd"
• [b]. Lit "crowd"
• [c]. Or "attesting miracle"