14. And Jesus, having found a young donkey, rode upon it, [just] as it is written in the Scriptures,
15. Do not fear, O Daughter of Zion! Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt! [Zech. 9:9.]
16. His disciples did not understand and could not comprehend the meaning of these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.
17. The group that had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from among the dead kept telling it [bearing witness] to others.
18. It was for this reason that the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this sign (proof, miracle).
19. Then the Pharisees said among themselves, You see how futile your efforts are and how you accomplish nothing. See! The whole world is running after Him!
20. Now among those who went up to worship at the Feast were some Greeks.
21. These came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and they made this request, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.
22. Philip came and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip together [went] and told Jesus.
23. And Jesus answered them, The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified and exalted.
24. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.
25. Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]