^29 (A)When He approached Bethphage and ^(B)Bethany, near the ^[a]mount that is called ^(C)Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’” ³² So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them. ³³ As they were untying the colt, its ^[b]owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ They said, “The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵ They brought it to Jesus, ^(D)and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶ As He was going, they were spreading their coats on the road. ³⁷ As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of ^(E)the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to ^(F)praise God ^[c]joyfully with a loud voice for all the ^[d]miracles which they had seen, ³⁸ shouting:

^39 (J)Some of the Pharisees ^[e]in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” ⁴⁰ But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, ^(K)the stones will cry out!”

⁴¹ When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and ^(L)wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come upon you ^[f]when your enemies will ^(M)throw up a ^[g]barricade against you, and ^(N)surround you and hem you in on every side, ⁴⁴ and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and ^(O)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize ^(P)the time of your visitation.”

The Triumphal Entry

11 ^(A)As they *approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and ^(B)Bethany, near ^(C)the Mount of Olives, He *sent two of His disciples, ² and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he ^[a]will send it back here.” ⁴ They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *untied it. ⁵ Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶ They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission. ^7 (D)They *brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it. ⁸ And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. ⁹ Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting:

^11 (G)Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, ^(H)He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

¹² On the next day ^(A)the large crowd who had come to ^(B)the 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, “^(C)Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the ^(D)King of Israel.” ¹⁴ Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, ¹⁵ “^(E)Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” ^16 (F)These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(G)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. ¹⁷ So ^(H)the ^[a]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 (I)For this reason also the ^[b]people went and met Him, ^(J)because they heard that He had performed this ^[c]sign. ¹⁹ So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰ Now there were some ^(K)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(L)the feast; ²¹ these then came to ^(M)Philip, who was from ^(N)Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip *came and *told ^(O)Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³ And Jesus *answered them, saying, “^(P)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(Q)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(R)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (S)He who loves his ^[d]life loses it, and he who ^(T)hates his ^[e]life in this world will keep it to life eternal. ²⁶ If anyone ^[f]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(U)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[g]serves Me, the Father will ^(V)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷ “^(W)Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘^(X)Father, save Me from ^(Y)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ^28 (Z)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(AA)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(AB)An angel has spoken to Him.” ³⁰ Jesus answered and said, “^(AC)This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes. ^31 (AD)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(AE)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I ^(AF)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(AG)draw all men to Myself.” ³³ But He was saying this ^(AH)to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. ³⁴ The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of ^(AI)the Law that ^[h](AJ)the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The ^(AK)Son of Man must be ^(AL)lifted up’? Who is this ^(AM)Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, “^(AN)For a little while longer ^(AO)the Light is among you. ^(AP)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who ^(AQ)walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. ³⁶ While you have the Light, ^(AR)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(AS)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ^[i](AT)hid Himself from them. ³⁷ But though He had performed so many ^[j]signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. ³⁸ This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “^(AU)Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” ³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ “^(AV)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(AW)hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and ^[k]be converted and I heal them.” ⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because ^(AX)he saw His glory, and ^(AY)he spoke of Him. ⁴² Nevertheless ^(AZ)many even of ^(BA)the rulers believed in Him, but ^(BB)because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be ^[l](BC)put out of the synagogue; ^43 (BD)for they loved the ^[m]approval of men rather than the ^[n]approval of God.

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, “^(BE)He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. ^45 (BF)He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. ^46 (BG)I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(BH)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ^48 (BI)He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; ^(BJ)the word I spoke is what will judge him at ^(BK)the last day. ^49 (BL)For I did not speak ^[o]on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(BM)has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ I know that ^(BN)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(BO)just as the Father has told Me.”