13. They took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Jesus. They shouted,“Praise God!God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord!God bless the King of Israel!” Psalm 118:25-26
14. Jesus found a colt and sat on it. This was as the Scripture says,
15. “Don’t be afraid, people of Jerusalem!Your king is coming.He is sitting on the colt of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9
16. The followers of Jesus did not understand this at first. But after Jesus was raised to glory, they remembered that this had been written about him. And they remembered that they had done these things to him.
17. There had been many people with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from death and told him to come out of the tomb. Now they were telling others about what Jesus did.
18. Many people went out to meet Jesus, because they had heard about this miracle.
19. So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that nothing is going right for us. Look! The whole world is following him.”
20. There were some Greek people, too, who came to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover Feast.
21. They went to Philip. (Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee.) They said, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
22. Philip told Andrew. Then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23. Jesus said to them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to receive his glory.
24. I tell you the truth. A grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die. Then it makes many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.
25. The person who loves his life will give up true life. But the person who hates his life in this world will keep true life forever.
26. Whoever serves me must follow me. Then my servant will be with me everywhere I am. My Father will honor anyone who serves me.
27. “Now I am very troubled. What should I say? Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, I came to this time so that I could suffer.