John 12:12-19

Living Bible

¹² The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city, and a huge crowd of Passover visitors ¹³ took palm branches and went down the road to meet him, shouting, “The Savior! God bless the King of Israel! Hail to God’s Ambassador!”

¹⁴ Jesus rode along on a young donkey, fulfilling the prophecy that said: ¹⁵ “Don’t be afraid of your King, people of Israel, for he will come to you meekly, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

¹⁶ (His disciples didn’t realize at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy; but after Jesus returned to his glory in heaven, then they noticed how many prophecies of Scripture had come true before their eyes.)

¹⁷ And those in the crowd who had seen Jesus call Lazarus back to life were telling all about it. ¹⁸ That was the main reason why so many went out to meet him—because they had heard about this mighty miracle.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said to each other, “We’ve lost. Look—the whole world has gone after him!”