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for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'
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A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;
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and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,
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because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.
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On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem,
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took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, `Hosanna, blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;'
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and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,
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`Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'
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And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.
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The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;
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because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign,