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11 for it was because of him that many of the people had deserted them[a] and believed in Jesus.

Jesus’ Triumphant Entry

12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted,

“Praise God![b]
Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hail to the King of Israel!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:11 Or had deserted their traditions; Greek reads had deserted.
  2. 12:13a Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise adapted from a Hebrew expression that means “save now.”
  3. 12:13b Ps 118:25-26; Zeph 3:15.

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