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You always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."
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A large crowd of Judeans learned that he was there; and they came not only because of Yeshua, but also so that they could see El`azar, whom he had raised from the dead.
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The head cohanim then decided to do away with El`azar too,
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since it was because of him that large numbers of the Judeans were leaving their leaders and putting their trust in Yeshua.
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The next day, the large crowd that had come for the festival heard that Yeshua was on his way into Yerushalayim.
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They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Deliver us!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI, the King of Isra'el!"
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After finding a donkey colt, Yeshua mounted it, just as the Tanakh says --
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"Daughter of Tziyon, don't be afraid! Look! your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt."
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His talmidim did not understand this at first; but after Yeshua had been glorified, then they remembered that the Tanakh said this about him, and that they had done this for him.
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The group that had been with him when he called El`azar out of the tomb and raised him from the dead had been telling about it.
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It was because of this too that the crowd came out to meet him -- they had heard that he had performed this miracle.